Ghosts! These seem to have disappeared from the chats, fables and literature we have grown up reading. The entities we grew up listening stories about, have gone missing in the digital age. Rather, the term is now used in senses that depict our fears. But the once close-to-living-physical entity, the ghost, is no longer around!
In the just-pre-internet age, we were more into reading and watching the relatively new-entrant cable TV. The books and magazine still touched upon tales that talked of the supernatural. The television channels showed stories that aroused horror. The evening talks still had something to discuss that was mysterious and supernatural.
It's 2021. The biggest ghosts are the virus and hunger that continue to haunt.
There's so much of science and tech, as well as so much of misinformation. Yet, we don't care if on a dark evening or late night an entity in white robes appears suddenly midway as we walk home. There are a plenty of cameras to monitor. And, our mobile phones, perhaps, are the best gadgets that make such a thought even more interesting.
So, more a quest to 'discover' something that makes good content for our social platforms rather than the fear of the supernatural, keeps us excited. 'I saw a ghost' - say this and people will consider you a liar. 'Show' a video clip, and you are the talk, you may get extra views on that 'evident' video that could even be debated about - about how you manipulated the video or how there's something fake about the video, or how some moving object you captured is anything but a ghost.
Why are we so still concerned about the 'supernatural'? Life's so boring without tales. It's the fantasy, the stories of bravery, the stories of challenges that humans take, that keep us excited. The adrenaline-trigger of the real world is far more interesting than one you come across in a video game.
Sweet dreams! Stay safe, good night.
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1 comment:
Indeed a valid question Sir. But the world has moved at a rapid state in the last few decades. Children are born, some how, with a 'strong' mind to tell us 'bhoot kuchh nahi hota'. In fact, we don't want them to speak or share their fear of ghost. Slightest mention, we drive them far. The ghost have been replaced by machine, powerful machines and fear of machines.
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