Rahul opened his eyes to face a new morning
He took the first step toward getting into the virtual black hole that he opted to get sucked into voluntarily. He chose a topic and found a WhatsApp group: a holy ground for the pundits of politics to engage in a fierce debate of international affairs. He took a side which he thought he had points to make. He then made a deep dive into the scholarly debate. Just like popular TV new channel debaters who desire to give the nation an answer, he went full-on. He took on the most forceful debater friend on the group. He chose the contrary viewpoint to this debater friend. Because of Rahul’s lack of knowledge he had previously shied away from his duty to contribute to the pressing matters of the world on this holy ground. However, this time he came fully prepared with adequate notes. He battled like a soldier on a battlefront and resulted in the surrender of the opposition party. To date, he had been the least contributor in the group thus people started noticing him and inserting their support to him to take on the hardest debater in the group. He knew underdog gets the most support. He went so personal that he offended his friend a few times and as a result, the most feared debater quit the group. The same friend unfriended him on Facebook. He felt this to be the collateral damage to the larger pressing cause. He felt bad at heart for losing someone as a friend/acquaintance who did not know him that well. Boy, the day well spent. He made a summary of his thoughts on the issue and posted it on FB. He got many likes. The next day onward he chose another group and another topic. He felt his life was well connected to all his current and past friends. But this had its flip side as well. He felt a constant need (urge) to check every forum for the latest comments, tags, mentions. Also, he got into unnecessary fights with few people. But he had conquered his final digital frontier.
It all happened one day earlier. That day also had started like just another lockdown day...
