By: Rayees Ahmad Kumar
With the advancement of science and technology, every aspect of human life has seen a drastic change. It not only has made our lives quite easier and comfortable but also has compelled us to face some challenges.
Invention of aeroplane, computer, mobile phone and other diagnostic machines used for varied medical investigations of man are the biggest blessings from science for mankind. In the era of computer age and the tremendous advancements in information technology, we are almost independent on manpower because the routine daily business is done now through digital mode.
However, with appearance of mobile phones in our daily lives, though it has made our lives more than enough easier and comfortable, our nears and dears studying and dwelling in intercontinental lands seem no longer far away from us due to this great scientific gift but at the same time it has put us to tough tests.
Our older generation is making the good use of it by enquiring about well being of their loved ones through voice calling and sometimes enjoy music of their taste or watch the morally upright videos through internet.
But the mobile phones in hands of our young and future generation has given rise to number of issues. Instead of making judicious and positive use of mobile phones, they are degrading themselves morally and ethically by unnecessarily indulging in different practices on different social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Istagram , Watsapp and YouTube etc.
From morning to evenings till late night our young generation remains busy on social media. It has not only distanced them from their parents and siblings but has also impedimented in shaping their personality in right directions.
Making Watsapp groups among the peers and then sharing nuisance things and chatting even during night times has deteriorated their physical health as well as downgraded them morally.
Uploading unethical vedio items on YouTube and making short vedios on Tiktok app has now become a new norm of our young generation. They keep themselves over busy on these social sites without considering its repercussions. Our future generation has become much addicted to social media now.
Of all the social networking sites Mark Zukerberg’s Facebook is much popular and most used platform to express one’s feelings, share knowledge, experience and to communicate with fellow beings. Islamic renowned scholars have made it a good platform to invite nonbelievers to the right path. Mission of Dawah has been much easier with the emergence of Facebook. But the most disappointing fact is that, our youth is misusing this site and sharing unethical items.
We need to think about the degrading morality of our young generation and take extra care while fetching mobile phones in their hands. Instead of making them social media addicts we must try to make them responsible citizens of the society. Parents, Teacher, Preachers and civil society groups must come forward at an earliest to safeguard the future of our young generation by giving them the lessons about judicious and positive use of mobile phones and social media otherwise the days are not far when in our future generation we will be having more beasts than humans.
Author is a columnist, fiction writer and teaches at Govt Secondary School Anderwan Ganderbal.
