Time flies!

When my father tells me that when he was 20 years old, a telephone on the wall with a rotary dial was a status symbol in a household, I smile, and don’t think much of it because my father was 20 years old more than 40 years ago and progress over such a long time is only natural. When my brother tells me that when he was 20 years old, a cell phone was a giant, unwieldy instrument that was a status symbol in a household, I can’t help but marvel at progress. My brother was 20 years old only 10 years ago, which means that in only a decade, progress in cell phone technology has converted a giant, unwieldy instrument into a sleek easy-to-carry device while shrinking the world. Advances in this field have changed the way the world functions by bringing people together without the need for physical proximity. Mobile phones started to become popular and available in India during my years in high school. Cell phone instruments and communication facilities, that used to be expensive and considered luxuries, were increasingly becoming readily available to everyone. That was a sign that the technology involved was making rapid progress to offer good services at affordable prices.