Our Tryst with no Television!

Can you imagine living with no television ever since we shifted into our new house? Ever since meaning, almost a whole pregnancy term! So this whole time we had dramatic phrases being thrown into the air such as- "In the land of no television!", and “TV! Oh, what is that?". So much so, that with a TV being sighted in other's homes, I'm pretty sure our tongues hung out while we stared! Okay, that's a cheap exaggeration of the situation but it was definitely a sight for sore eyes! Our house help though, were most stunned with the no-TV situation and wondered aloud how we were surviving. And when told that only one TV was being put up, that came out to be a total shocker for them! Time passed and when everyone in the family heard that this prized piece of possession was being restored its honour, they said - "Let there be light" and "This is what getting back to civilization feels like!"

One would have thought that we were living in a complete village, despite being fully connected to the high-speed internet and having several fully-functioning laptops, smartphones and an iPad in the house! Honestly speaking, this was the very first thing that we set up on moving in. Because honestly, sans internet, would have made me want to evoke all those above responses!

As I look up, internet for the second phase of the house is being set up! That makes me want to jump up in excitement because that means the whole house will be WI-FI enabled; which further means no coming till the kitchen and stopping the Skype call! Friends and relatives will be thrilled, I suppose!

I considered the fact about me sounding like a hypocrite.. And then I thought to myself, I honestly don't watch that much TV.. Is it just the generation I grew up in, or just the addiction to the laptop?! I didn't say I wasn't addicted to any technology!

So now, sitting with a big mug of coffee, I pen down this post and want to complete it even before even letting my electrician set his eyes on the darned television! Why my miffed attitude? Well, gone are those days of lazily lying down and chatting after dinner, or just plonking ourselves on the bed and playing a round of cards! Entertainment had a different meaning. Thus, I think we're done here! Let the idiot box begin its chatter, and maybe it won't be all that bad!

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