Gone are the days when you could idly sit,
And gaze at the clouds changing shapes in the sky,
With intruders you didn’t have to match your wit,
You could let the time, at its own pace, fly.
And then came Internet, a great way to connect,
You lost your privacy, you are never alone.
You could link with people direct or indirect,
They’re there with you with just a click on the phone.
Together with this good, came a great evil,
Making you a puppet much against your choice,
All Applications, Service Providers turned into devil,
Against their barrage, you simply lost your voice.
“Select this”, “Click this” “To proceed further” they dictate,
They constantly vie for your time, money and attention,
You are outnumbered since they’re a corporate,
It is a nuisance and irritation of highest dimension.
They drown you in ads, queries, calls and offers,
Even those like cable tv that you pay in advance,
At your behest they strive to fill their coffers,
You don’t realise you have even lost life’s romance.
Privacy bills, DND etc are not taking us anywhere,
Laws in India never, to common man, provided relief,
A mass movement is required to be there,
In our Right to Privacy, to strengthen the belief.
We don’t want to spend hours every day,
To delete unwanted calls, ads, chats and many a mail,
We don’t want to be contacted even by those we pay,
With offers about making life better if we avail.
Else, if we continue being puppets in remote,
Of all these people and vested interests,
We would be herded like sheep and goats,
Or birds uprooted from their own nests.
Let’s insist with all applications, services and utilities
That they, not us, are constantly on call,
That we are the ones paying for the facilities,
Whilst, at our time and money’s expense, they have a ball.
