Why the hurry?
“ Emails are a major cause of today’s problems ” - someone wiser had once told me. This was some years ago, before we went all ga-ga over social-media with our tweets and re-tweets, posts and re-posts, reels, videos and what not. I had looked at him quizzically and he had taken time to respond. Image Credits : Ribkhan / Pixabay His explanation was on these lines. During earlier times if we were angry or frustrated or disagreed vehemently with someone and wanted to convey - we would have to write a letter. Writing a letter warrants a paper, a pen, an envelope, stamps and some space at our disposal, and on occasions, it just seemed too much of an effort given the reason. Sometimes the paper, or pen, or envelope or the stamps went missing and it could also take a while to find a place to sit and write, by which time some of the anger would taper off. Sometimes it also happened that what we wrote did not appear worth sending or effective and rewriting appeared an onerous uphill task that w...
