Where's the Real World?

Just two days. I was off Facebook for just two days. The next day, though, when I checked Facebook, my “news” feed was almost filled with just one single post. Every alternate post that I saw was just about this one video. Now that I have mentioned a “video”, I’m sure you can already guess which video I’m talking about. But if you haven’t, here’s the answer- I’m talking about Deepika Padukone’s video called “My Choice”.

Well, I do not intend to give any more attention to the video by expressing my views and opinions about it and the issue that the video deals with. It has already received enough unnecessary attention from people. Here, I just want to ask a few questions, to all the “feminists”, “misogynists” and the “equalitarian” people out there on Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, Instagram, and what not! And every time I came across the video, these questions just kept coming in my mind:

    Why does some Deepika Padukone need to tell you what feminism is or what women empowerment is? Or why does she need to remind you that depression is an illness? Didn’t we already know that?

   Why do these videos bother people so much that just within two to three days of this video going "viral", there’s another response video going equally "viral"? Do these videos really deserve the kind of attention that they’ve been attracting?

    Why is it necessary for almost everyone to share these videos with a caption which is like a “pick-up” line from the video itself followed by a few hash tags?

    Do people really believe that sharing these videos is actually going to make this “world” a better place?

    Do people believe that the “world” is on the Internet?

    To all those people who believe so, just a reminder: THE WORLD IS NOT ON THE INTERNET!

There is a world beyond the internet. And only when we’ll be willing to explore this world beyond the internet, we’ll be able to decide whether the “real” world is a much better place to live in or not. Only then will we realize that the “real” problems, that this world beyond the internet is facing, are not just women empowerment and a need for gender equality, but something much bigger than these.

And we, being the “educated” people should be willing to take the responsibility of helping the “real” world face their problems. If only we’re willing to take some time off the internet and contribute in the least possible way to make this “real” world a really good place to live in, because certainly, just sharing a few videos and hitting the like button may only change the virtual world that we’re living in.

 Well, that only keeps me wondering whether the internet and the technology IS doing us any good or not? Or maybe, the technology is not to be blamed! It’s probably just us who’re unable to handle the big responsibility that the social media is! But we need to know our limits; we need to mark a boundary. We need to make a wiser use of the social media. Let the internet not manipulate us. Let it be the other way round.