I or my Surrogate?

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Just came after a show of 'Surrogates' at the PVR in Ambience Mall, Gurgaon. Liked the movie. If we come to think of it, it does send shivers down the spine with all this technologized incentives that we keep giving ourselves day in and day out. My friend Nikki talked about our addiction to web and social networking with hardly anything 'social' left in it for it is behind the veil of cyber names, cyber games and I daresay cyber jobs. I, myself am looking forward to a career in Marketing/Branding/Retailing associated with Social Media and associated technologies. However, there needs to be a line that definitely needs to be drawn to keep it from becoming our madness.

Surrogates takes it a step further - talks about building perfect 'us' as we would like the world to see us. So you sleep and rest in a cozy home all day - hooked into a system and a perfect you, who never gets old goes about doing your daily activities. You can chose yourself to be the brightest, sexiest person on the earth. Everything is customized according to your requirements. Sounds interesting, is it? Don't you see anything missing?

You miss the whiff of the winds that blow through your hair.

You miss the Smell of Soil when the first drops of rain hit the parched earth.

You miss the love of your 'real' family.

You miss that fun with your friends.

You miss those droplets of sweat falling off your nose after a good game.

You miss... LIFE.

A message clearly and beautifully enacted by Bruce Willis, Rosamund Pike and others.

So sit on your computers and type as much as you want but do not forget to go out and have fun and live a good 'real' life!