An ode to IT

A parallel post to the one on Social Media, this is an ode of sorts to the Information Technology Industry in India. Without dwelling on the so called other side of the coin, I want to conveniently look at one of the many & perhaps the most important positives that this burgeoning, nothing short of a phenomenon has brought about not just to the youth of this country but to their families - confidence. 

While a majority of the previous generation's thinking class, as I prefer to call it or the middle class, as more commonly termed, was mired with their own set of financial burdens aside from the numerous non value adding & highly time consuming transactions, including something as basic as paying bills. IT has played a significant part both in clearing mind space by reducing routine transactions just to a click of the mouse and more recently to that of a tab in applications & providing much needed & relatively better economic sufficiency thus aiding this class to move one level up in the Maslow's needs hierarchy and thereby clearing the way for social causes to adorn at least our walls.

Although, a lot of this can be considered just an arm-chair movement, (a genuine wink if the term looks borrowed or may be not,  for all I care or remember) we now have a tool to not only air individual views for the consumption of larger audience and to connect to similar minded people but are also able to walk the talk although giving due weightage to the interplay between people's values, principles and circumstances. For instance, the anti corruption campaign is just one of the many social issues that has gained mind space in many of us. Courtesy the IT jobs, the confidence and the monetary benefits such jobs offer are aiding at least some of us to pay up legally for the government wherever required instead of looking for self gains by resorting to malpractices.

Seriously hoping that this trend trends!