Food For Thought

Below events are not dramatized in any kind! "............God could have helped it, I don't know why he didn't!...." It was a pretty normal day for me! I was busy doing my thing, when suddenly mom came into my room tears rolling down her eyes, and broke the news to me! A very dear member of our large family passed away! It was so sudden, and unexpected that I couldn't think of anything to say! It was a road accident! And nothing could be done! While talking about this incident a fine gentleman said "God could've helped, I don't why he didn't".  I actually liked the question and inquired further,  " so why didn't he?" "It's not like only ( a particular religion) people die, others die too, everyday, from many different causes!" "But that doesn't answer the question why didn't God help" "Having hope helps, believing in God helps" "that still doesn't answer the question" ...

A Smartphone detox story There are a lot of trends going on the internet, ranging from diet to quirky things on tiktok! A recent one i came across was the "Smartphone Detox". It was on my mind from sometime, to ditch my smartphone, but seeing others, and particularly young people who successfully done it, I am willing to give it a shot! The idea is to just get a dumb phone for the basic needs, like calling and texting, if you could spare some extra money, you can get a KaiOS phone ( Nokia, Jio ) with a few extra things like mail, whatsapp etc!  First the cons , what could you possibly lose when switching! Upi payments  The first problem i came across was losing the ability to scan and do cashless payments. I later figured out a way to do payments, but still that requires me knowing the persons phone number linked to his account, and asking that is another small hiccup. Spam calls Smartphones show a bit of a red hue on top for spam callers, i just took it for granted. Because ...