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family can’t accept him for who he is by happy and enjoy whatever the world brings us
talking him out of killing himself. Technology because it won’t last forever.
helps us connect with people who we love,
miss, don't know, reminisce - the possibilities —————————————————————
are endless.
Apart from writing, in her free time Dhvani
Social media, no matter how much your Parekh enjoys reading a good book and
parents deem as soul-sucking and terrible, is singing along to music playing on her vinyl
one of the main platforms to launch a start-up. turntable. She is also an avid debater and has
In this day and age, social media is the easiest taken part in various theatre events.
way of tracking an old friend and getting in
touch with them. Furthermore, it is a great
marketing platform for social awareness of
many agendas helping in spreading the
message to even the most remote places of the
world. With technology, it is possible for
anyone under the sun to be educated, to go to
college through online courses. Today if
Padma, an eighteen year old living in a village
in Gujarat, wants to become a beautician, she
is able to do so with just one click on a
computer which gives her access to millions of
tutorials and instructions on how to apply
make-up. Padma can see her dreams come true
without her family having to spend exorbitant
amounts of money on a beauty school. The
amount of joy that this piece of technology we
so easily dismiss as brain-rotting cannot be
compared to anything in the world.

In conclusion, there are pros and cons to every
argument but the sooner we accept this change
the easier and more positive we can view the
world before us without contempt. It’s time we
appreciate the changes and the differences of
every generation without critiquing it for it’s
FADs. So embrace the craze. Take a million
selfies, post cute pictures on Instagram,
snapchat memories of you and your friends, do
the mannequin challenge, do what makes you