From Yahoo to UPI: My Digital Growing Pains
“We were excited without a clue we were standing at the beginning of a revolution.” I was in sixth standard when we got our first computer lab at school. We removed our shoes outside the lab without knowing that one day, we’d be stepping into a portal that would change the world. Back then, I thought the virus people warned about was the same one that gave me a cold. It didn’t take long to realize I was more serious about the computer’s health than my own. My best friend was the first among us to get a PC at home. That’s where I first heard The Summer of ‘69 . He also played Aap Ki Kashish . We didn’t know it then, but those speakers were ushering us into the age of digital intimacy. Logging On, Growing Up By the time I reached 11th standard, I had moved to Jharkhand. And yes, the computer lab became my go-to spot for impressing girls. That’s when I created my first Yahoo account and signed up for Orkut . Believe it or not—I still have access to that Yahoo inbox. I j...