“COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO” “COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO” AND THEN I WOKE UP. THIS CLUCKING WAS NOT MADE BY ANY ROOSTER BUT BY MY PHONE. THIS IS MY ALARM TONE. I OPENED MY WHATSAPP AND THERE WERE LOADS OF "GOOD MORNING AND HAVE A NICE DAY" MESSAGES. I FORWARDED MESSAGE OF ONE GROUP TO ANOTHER AND OF ONE PERSON TO THE OTHER. IT IS LIKE A DUTY WHICH WE DO LIKE A RITUAL. THEN A FACEBOOK NOTIFICATION POPPED UP ON MY SCREEN WHICH READ "XYZ HAS BIRTHDAY TODAY. WISH HER THE BEST!" AND I DID. XYZ AND I USED TO BE GOOD FRIENDS AND NOW OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS CONFINED TO JUST INBOXES AND TIMELINES. THEN WAS THE TURN OF INSTAGRAM. AFTER GETTING GOBSMACKED BY THE PICS OF CELEBS, I TWEETED ABOUT THE HORRIFYING NUMBER OF RAPE CASES IN OUR COUNTRY AND SHOWED SYMPATHY ON THE INCIDENT OF DADRI. OUR RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ANY KIND OF OCCURRENCE OR MELEE IS TO POST SOME PITYING MESSAGE AND WHOA OUR JOB IS DONE. AND THEN MY MOM CALLED ME ON MY PHONE AND SHOUTED, "COME DOWN FOR LUNCH". AFTER THAT I REMEMBERED THAT I WAS HAVING A TEST ON MY COACHING CENTER. I MESSAGED ABC TO SEND ALL THE NOTES ASAP. AND THERE I WAS GOING THROUGH MY NOTES IN MY PHONE'S GALLERY. AT NIGHT, I WATCHED 'COMEDY NIGHTS WITH KAPIL' NOT ON TV BUT ON HOTSTAR AS I WAS SO INDOLENT TO STAND UP FROM MY BED AND TO GO DOWNSTAIRS FOR WATCHING TV. AFTER RECEIVING 'GN SD TC' MESSAGES I WENT TO SLEEP. AND SO THIS IS MY PHONEMENT.. MY PHONE DOMINATED LIFE. -_-
