One fine evening as the newbies on the Bollywood block,
Parineeti Chopra and Varun Dhawan croon the famous Rajesh Khanna and Asha
Parekh song from the yesteryears. I take notice.
Is it one more mundane, yawning addition to the ever growing list of “Official” remakes hitting the silver screen every week? No, it’s a commercial for a new chat app “WeChat”.
A new chat app, seriously!! In a day, I wake up to messages, and PINGS!!
in BBM and am thoroughly entertained by
jokes, creative messages in WHATSAPP. Skype
gives me company during the boring office hours and finally I end the day with Viber. Do I need one more?
But the chatting bug in me is hard to be satiated. So I do
download the latest offering in the ceaseless list of Chatter Apps. WeChat is cool, and what makes it stand out from the
rest are some new, innovative, cute emoticons. It can be registered with both
your phone number and a user id, which means I can log in to the same account
from my blackberry and an iPod too, unlike Whatsapp.
Video chatting and the best part, Voice chatting. Yes, from now on, I don’t
have to type in to send across a message, I can just, Say it!!
I am now part of the
WeChat family, but who are the “We” in my family. Whom can I add? Friends?
Celebrities? Sportsmen? Can I add dead
people? I don’t want to see Dead People,
not looking for that kinda Sixth Sense,
but surely would like to hear or talk to them. What about a human personification
of things I like. I ruminate over the fact that with the advent of smart phones
and WeChat like applications, so much has changed in the field of communication.
Why don’t I add people from the past and the present and ask them how they
communicate with their friends. So I Look
Around, Yes one more feature of WeChat
to find new friends.
Emperor Shah Jahan, a fascinating prospect
indeed, chatting to a dead Mughal, the emperor who built the Taj Mahal.
Shah Jahan: Wa Alaikum Salaam,
great to feel alive after ages.
Me: Zille Ilahi, how did you
communicate in your era ?
Shah Jahan: My Pigeon, Shaheen was my cupid, she helped me
to woo my begum, Mumtaz. She also brought peace with the Maharajas of the West.Me: What do you think of WeChat?
Shah Jahan : Subhanallah!! Anything
that brings love has my support.
That was very romantic from the great Mughal, felt like saying Jahanpanah tussi great ho!!!
After The Great Mughal, I search for other greats of the bygone era, and find a senior, early 20th century British Admiral. A British officer, sounds interesting, I add him up.
After The Great Mughal, I search for other greats of the bygone era, and find a senior, early 20th century British Admiral. A British officer, sounds interesting, I add him up.
Admiral (in a coarse voice): This is Admiral John Walkin. I lost my
life in the services of King George. Awarded the Victoria Cross, for my heroic
valor aboard the Royal Navy fleet. Who is this on the other line? Over!!
Me: Already on a back foot, I timidly
reply, “Sir this is Tatha, I wanted to know in those days, how did you communicate
with your friends and family from far of lands?”
Admiral: Friends!!! We were perennially
at war, Son! We had no time for friends. With fellow officers we did communicate
in Morse Code. The best and the most
secure mode of communication, helped us in winning many a battle against the
German and the French Navy. Over!
Me: Sir, what do you think about WeChat?
Admiral: WeChat!! This is atrocious!! A blemish on the youth of the 21st
century!! An utter waste of youthful vigor and energy. This is not the world
for me, Over and Out!! Beep beep..beep beep beep…beep..
Oops, that wasn’t a good conversation;
he must have been a hard task master. A lover of the beeps. What now? A friend
request!! Gajodhar Chacha!
Me: Hello Gajodhar Chacha, how are
you?
Gajodhar Chacha: Kaise ho beta!! Sab kushal mangal hai na??
Me: Haan Chacha, aap bataye, aap chachi
ko, ya apke doston ko sandesa kaise pahuchate the?
Gajodhar Chacha: Humare Zamaane
Mein, phone to thi nahi, to hum chithiyan likha karte the beta
Me: Aapne chatting ke barein mein
suna hain chacha?
As I wait for an answer, here
comes one more friend request, Its Mr
Alexander Graham Bell. Wow!! Surely I need to chat to the
greatest of inventors, that of the Telephone.
Me: Sir, thank you for adding me as your friend in WeChat.
Mr Bell: It’s nice to hear from the eager minds of today.
Me: Sir, your invention has changed the world. Telephone has revolutionized our
lives and we can’t think of a day without our mobile phones. We can safely say, applications like WeChat are here because of your invention.
Mr Bell: The utility of telephone has been accentuated by the other
inventions of the last century. Mobile technology gave a whole new dimension to the
telephone. Don’t forget to thank Mr Martin Cooper, the pioneer in wireless
technology. Nice to talk to you lad, have a good day.
That was an experience of a life time, such a great man and yet so humble.
I look into the other open chats, still no message from Gajodhar Chacha. Its late, may be time for one
more chat, with a girl preferably. I Look Around again and find a certain Miss
Pooja, with a typical teenager pose as a profile pic
Me: Hi Wassup!!
Pooja: Hey There, How’s you. WeChat is so coooool na, Awwwww I just love
it yaa, I can make new friends everyday..blah blah blah..
Duhh, such a sissy, I can’t listen to such crap so late in the night, need to doze off. Gajodhar Chacha too must have slept long back.
WeChat will surely be
the next “In” thing. With voice and video chats and add to that, the group chat facility, will make chatting really interesting. Till then happy WeChat ting Anyone, Anywhere!.
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