The earth began with 7 days of the week and 12 months of the year. Now should people officially consider the inception of 'no net day' as the 8th day of the week and No-net-ber as the 13th month of the year ?
Have we returned to the olden times where the word net denoted only net?
Why should a common man whose only interest lies in fetching fun and making business deals from the smart phone (connected with Internet ), who does not bother who wins the andolan or who sits at the high chair, who shouts protests and who doesn't, be left deprived of basic need of the Internet access? Listening to the ban had brought the immediate gloom on the faces of the Rajkot civilians. The people's mind have begun to think that there would be now officially 'no net days' on the annual calendar. People so far had fasts for food, now the government has made all of us mandatorily to have fasts on consuming the Internet. The lesson on restrain, one would say as the ascetics believe.
The Rajkotians would be required to exchange business emails through smart phones with respect to the 'no net days' on the calendar ! Shame ! Other states of India would firstly ask a question, 'Do you have the Internet access or should we write the order and courier the list ?' Shame ! A teacher, a student or a professional of Gujarat would carry a smart phone with loaded applications refusing to open. A keen inquirer would not have the easy access to the subject material. There will be no virtual learning via phone. There will be no fun for causal text talk. There will be no sharing of photos to the tens and thousands across the globe. There will be less pay off for what one pays for the monthly plan. Who cares !
The government is dreaming to make the city smart. What technological utopia, where the phones are smart without the smart tool and batteries run longer and more powerful than their intended purpose. Shocking and sad ! The Internet plan began as a month's plan, it came to 28 days and now may be to 21 or with few more andolans may never be seen again. What a pity !
Government : broadband was functioning all these days
Common man : your highness, we can hardly pay for the 2G plan on our phone. We don't have broadband.
Minu Jasdanwala (20/9/15)
