Mobile Menace Poem by Ratnakar Rout

Ratnakar Rout

Ratnakar Rout

Village-Boita, District-Balasore, State-Orissa, Country-India

Mobile Menace



Not very far from today
Only a few years back
When some one was asking for my
Cell phone, I was jealous
Not to part it with to any one
As it was considered very precious
Presently, I am bothered for my cell phone
I want to part it with some one
As long as he wants to have it
Since, I am tired of its undue interference
Where ever one goes he finds
People talking and talking only over their cell phones
They do not bother for any one or anything,
Even if for traffic, careless for their lives
As they move unmindful, create problems for
Other commuters, can ring up to any number
But when interrupted cut off the connection at once
With the expression, ‘sorry wrong number’
Undesired calls disturb now and then.
Not a single minute is left with the persons
To listen to their inner-self in silence
Adolescents are mostly busy in
Their cell phones at home but not with the task.
Nobody has time to interact in person with other.
Cell phone has isolated each one from others
But has connected to some, one wants to have in relation
At times which seems extremely perilous
Parents lament that the children have gone weird
And on the other hand children suffer from serious isolation
When parents appear busy in cell phone conversation
That ends in superficial family bonding
Cell phone has really brought a reverse social change
Though, it has made the communication easier
And reduced the gap and distance
It has disconnected people from themselves,
Widened the gap among the kith and kin and the society at large
It may help in business expansion, may save some one
From the face of the imminent trouble
But it has eaten away in to the thinking process and creativity
It has destroyed the coherence of expression
And may invite disaster for future generation
Widespread health hazards may mar the tomorrow
A catastrophe may fall upon the human race.
I have developed a fear psyche for my cell phone
And desire to get rid of it as I am scared. As I realized
It has already ruined my placid thoughts and emotional feelings
I myself a victim of its so called indiscriminating indispensability
I consider, it is like fire
If one deals with it carefully and consciously,
It serves faithfully, if one misuses,
The out come may be disastrous
Cell phone was considered a necessity
For humanity before its abundance
But now it has become a mania
And poses serious threat to social and national security
And becomes an impediment to mental peace
‘It is a demon, bewares of it’, may be the future slogan.

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Ratnakar Rout

Ratnakar Rout

Village-Boita, District-Balasore, State-Orissa, Country-India
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