Dil Dosti Dilemma writer Anuraadha Tewari feels technology has and will affect relationships. She believes that the relationship presented in the digital world is completely different from the one in the real world. She shared that love has a different meaning on the internet, and it is not a real one.
“Technology will affect relationships, just like it affects every other walk of life. It is a revolution, and our beings are altered by it. So even the idea of love, in many ways, is shaped by technology today. It’s about the right and left swipes. About a digital persona that may be very different from the real one. It’s about having Facebook affairs and Instagram One Night Stands. About breaking up over a text. It is really an alternate universe, and in that, love has a different shade. But in many ways, it has made people lose their inhibitions a lot more and connect with strangers with more elan,” she said.
“It is a lonely world out there, and love aided by technology is the way of the future. I am waiting for people to fall in love with AI and bots. It will happen soon,” she added.
Anuraadha believes that because of the increasing work pressure, there is a lack of time for everything, not just me time.
“I think, in general, there is a lack of time. The work pressures are too high. Added to that are digital distractions. Then there is just too much content to watch. Connecting with friends and traveling are also very high on people’s priorities. All of this makes it difficult for people to make too much time for others,” she said.
“In fact, a lot more people are focusing on me-time today. It’s become quite the trend. So in that sense, ‘people time’ seems like too much energy to waste, unless absolutely necessary. My own Friends’ Circle has shrunk from a very vast circle to maybe three really close friends. I don’t feel the need or have the time to reach out to anyone more than that. Yet, I have functioned on dollops of me-time all my life. I feel that is sacrosanct, especially for an artist. People’s energy, however, is equally important for a society to remain sane and civil. It is good to keep hanging out with people,” she concluded.
