Celebrating new, virtual friendships
Hindustan TimesAs pandemic made the communication with outside world hit pause, youngsters in the city either willingly took the digital route to establish social connections or were compelled to make companions online, fuelling virtual friendships. I have made a few friends online that I share great bond with but am very surprised because never thought that I would feel comfortable.” However Sharma sometimes do misses the offline connection as she says, “I don’t know how they’ll behave in person, whether it would be the same bond.” And the situation is not only for professional workers but also for students who have moved beyond the traditional brick and mortar friendship. A Gurugram resident, Dhruv Bhasker, 24 who is pursuing MBA, now digitally, at an institute in Solan, Himachal Pradesh made new college friends online based on common interests. Of course, the closeness doesn’t feel like old times but we’ll only be able to meet once the course resumes offline.” And after a long hiatus, looking forward to take the connection from online to offline is Delhi-based Divya Chaudhary, MBA student from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai.
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