Love lost
Deccan ChronicleNot so long ago, it was the meeting of two strangers at a book club or a friend’s party, where they exchanged shy glances from across the room that sparked an interest. “There is no concept of love with hook up apps, there is only lust, which leads to fickle and brittle relationships,” says writer Manish Mishra. “People are not projecting their real selves, most appear different on their social media, as if they have assumed a new persona,” says Mishra. This simple card exchange was something to look forward to, and would turn one nostalgic on finding these cards many years later during one’s cleaning spree,” says Kolkata-based textile revivalist Paromita Banerjee, who has preserved handwritten cards given to her by her parents. Meanwhile, referring to another story from the book, where a man uses a beta virtual reality device to experience the life of an unknown girl on the other side of the world, Mishra says, “If this is going to be love, where we sit on a chair and see what our love interest is doing in his/her life, then we have a lot to fear about the future of mankind.”
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