Pravin's take on the materialistic world
Tuesday,
August
07,
2007
Are
you
a
gizmo
freak?
Gizmo
freak
would
be
too
general
a
term
to
describe
me.
But
yes,
I
like
to
own
useful
gadgets
like
laptop,
camera
and
mobile
phone.
What
gadgets
do
you
possess?
I
have
a
laptop,
a
camera,
since
I'm
interested
in
photography,
and
of
course,
a
mobile
phone,
to
help
me
stay
connected.
I
do
not
believe
in
intricate
gadgets
because
they
are
quite
difficult
to
use.
Which
is
your
latest
prized
possession?
It
would
be
my
Apple
laptop
which
allows
me
to
make
slide-shows
with
music.
Since
I
like
taking
photographs,
I
really
like
this
feature.
My
laptop
is
black,
though
it
comes
in
a
few
other
basic
colours
like
silver-white.
Do
you
think
gadgets
have
made
our
lives
simpler?
Yes,
they
certainly
have,
especially
gadgets
like
mobile
phones.
Which
is
the
one
discovery
(in
gadgets)
without
which
you
think
life
would
have
been
impossible?
Well,
the
short
messaging
service
(SMS)
facility
has
certainly
helped
me
a
lot.
Sometimes
you
can
just
shoot
off
an
SMS
rather
than
have
a
long
conversation.
Where
do
you
access
your
email
---
on
your
mobile
phone
or
on
the
laptop?
Well,
I
had
tried
doing
that
on
the
phone
but
I
somehow
did
not
like
it.
I
access
it
on
my
laptop
or
my
desktop.
Would
you
like
to
call
yourself
techno-savvy?
How
important
is
it
to
be
techno-savvy
in
today's
world?
I
think
you
can
call
me
a
techno-savvy
person,
but
then
again,
I
believe
in
gadgets
that
are
useful
in
everyday
life.
In
today's
world,
one
needs
to
know
the
basics,
especially
in
communication
technology.
Today,
even
fruit
sellers
and
vegetable
vendors
are
making
more
business
because
they
use
mobile
phones.
There
are
a
lot
of
complicated
gadgets
available
in
the
market
and
they
are
expensive
too.
What
do
you
have
to
say
about
them?
Most
of
them
are
owned
as
status
symbols.
What
need
does
a
common
man
have
for
a
Blackberry
or
a
PDA?
It
is
only
for
a
select
few.
See,
I
do
not
need
to
carry
two
or
three
laptops.
In
my
mobile,
I
need
a
huge
memory
but
not
a
5
mega-pixel
camera.
Do
you
think
the
whopping
price
tags
of
gadgets
are
justified?
No,
I
do
not
think
they
are
justified.
The
companies
add
features
to
them
and
sell
them
at
high
prices
but
we
do
not
use
most
of
the
features.
The
modern
gadgets
in
the
market
have
made
us
completely
dependent
on
them.
Your
comments?
Yes,
we
have
become
somewhat
dependent
on
them
but
I
feel
that
we
were
doing
fine
without
them
too.
They
have
just
made
life
simpler.
There
is
no
end
to
newer
technological
inventions.
Where
do
you
usually
buy
your
gadgets
from?
Any
suggestions
for
our
readers...
There
is
no
particular
shop
or
showroom
where
I
buy
my
gadgets
from,
but
I
buy
them
in
India,
or
rather
Mumbai,
so
that
I
get
a
guarantee.
I
suggest
people
to
buy
these
things
from
authorized
dealers
because
then
you
have
a
proper
guarantee
or
warranty.
I
do
not
mind
paying
a
few
hundred
rupees
extra
but
I
do
not
want
my
gadget
to
malfunction
within
a
few
months.