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You have got a mail... in you LETTER BOX..

Created by : Leena Pawar, Tech Architect, IT Infotech  | 03 19 2011 06:46:33 +0000
Industry : Internet
Keywords : greetings mailbox. postman seasons greetings letter box
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I remember as a child before holi and Diwali I used to sit and write cards and letter to all our relatives and friend's. I waited for the cards to come because I loved collecting them as well. But now I get only one card every year against those 20-25 greetings which used to come. Today I was tagged in so many pictures on FB where I was wishedHoli in group. We are more tech savvy now we reach out to each and everyone and wish them Holi but don't we lack that human touch?
What gives you a better feeling long lost friends on FB wishing you in group by tagging you or a simple post card?

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HAPPY HOLI TO ALL OF YOU:P

  
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As I said I miss the eagerness of my own eye , sitting in the veranda waiting for the postman uncle to come. It is surprising that I actually haven't seen any post man since I left that house and came to join my job.
By Leena Pawar, Tech Architect, IT Infotech  03 19 2011 06:46:33 +0000
 
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Hi Leena ..u r absolutely right that nowadays that excitement is missing but if you see the positive side of it then i felt that now more people are in a position to wish you on u r good days and are with you on u r bad days, Earlier this was not the case ...we are moving the world is moving ...its time for us to get real ...i have one question i know u did not recieve any cards but how many have u send ,,,i m not in anyway critizing u but life has becomes so paced that we use the easy route to express our feeling and now social networking site and internet are the easiest way ...Lets welcome the change ...
By Syed Atifuddin, Subject Matter Expert, BPO  03 20 2011 12:47:43 +0000
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The feeling and charm to have some cards or letter cant be expressed, that was something i will miss throughout my life. U reminded those days, awesome days dear.
By Anand Sharma, Monitoring the research funded by DIT, Department of Information Technology  | 04 13 2011 11:53:25 +0000
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what ever time or paper consumption is associated but really iam missing that thing
By vikash kumar, CEO/MD/Director, gsv services  | 03 25 2011 03:41:46 +0000
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I prefer post, but also OK with tag as it is sign of development. & call of current time. Thanks Ms. Indu for referral.
By SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd  | 03 22 2011 13:40:42 +0000
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yes we do miss that but the good thing is that in less cost, time, effort we are able to do the same or in a much better way. as paper consumption and wastag is also reduceed we dont have to manage the cards which we receive and even getting in touch with all our forgotten friends.
By Sonali BHardwaj, lecturer, K.P. College Of Management  | 03 22 2011 09:52:11 +0000
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Thanks Indu for referral.I mostly agree with comments offered by contributers.I went by this side as I crave for human touch. So I was touched what LEENA wished. The physical acknowledgement of your being is more important than of your being in abstraction.
By Mohammad Bakhsh, Project Leader/Managing Consultant, Freelancer  | 03 22 2011 03:29:42 +0000
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Thanks Indu for referral. There are a lot of things which are a matter of past and this is one of them.

I think we miss them and think the earlier days were probably better. It was a human world not materialistic world.
By Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant  | 03 21 2011 03:37:20 +0000
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Dear Leena, what you have told here are the feelings of those who know both the periods. I really feel it. But still I am doing handykraft work by allotingsometime before eve of Deepavali and New Year and Pongal of course. I show the care to them when I personalised the greetings. Not a grand card, send to hundreds of mail viewers in my email list of addresses in one second... and forget all in next minute. Thanks a lot.
By Venugopal K, AM ( Lean tools), SPB Limited  | 03 21 2011 02:40:05 +0000
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Yes, human touch/relations are drastically reducing in the hi-tech age. One way we can instantl be touch with friends/relatives these social networks.Though the messages are posted on walls they are not heart touching because they lack the personal touch.
By ATMA RAM CHAVALI, MANAGER IT, SBH  | 03 20 2011 16:59:21 +0000
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Yes, we miss them so much, but don't have time to think of them in this facebook-twitter era....
By Ranganathan Rajendhran, Sr. Technical Analyst, Dhanus Technologies  | 03 20 2011 15:01:30 +0000
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Yes, we miss them all;but we have miles to go forward to welcome the new and unknown.
By dulal kanti choudhury, manager(credit & operations), State Bank of India Group  | 03 20 2011 13:11:56 +0000
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Yes Leena we are missing some kind of real pleasure.
By Bidhan Ch. Roy Chowdhury, Centre Manager, ICE(I), TI Group  | 03 20 2011 09:33:32 +0000
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Quite so Leena we are missing the touch of life, the spirit of expression.I remember there's a beautiful painting of Dwijen Gupta related to this. I can send the image to your email.
By Amiya Chaudhuri, Company Partner , ADUNIQUE 76  | 03 20 2011 08:12:22 +0000
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Yes It is true!!! Now the communication is improved and world became close as "Global village" But the pleasure we used to get to get a greetings through post man is so great which is missing now. When i remember it i feel we are becoming so materialistic.
By N.Sreenivasa Rao, Construction Management, Central Public Works Department  | 03 20 2011 04:34:03 +0000
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yes this card is quite a touchy one brings back memories.
By Raghavendra.N , trainee, Sandeepani School for Embedded andVLSI software design  | 03 20 2011 03:27:04 +0000
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Whosoever comes into you mind can be tagged on FB and but Card will be only sent to the special ones, and if you receive some from them via post it makes you feel special, but tagging doesn't give that pleasure
By Khem Raj, Sr. Manager - Online Marketing, IDZ Solutions  | 03 19 2011 12:03:46 +0000
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You do have time to meet your BF and GF but don't have a minute to for parents, close frinz and your relatives. Its not bout the busy world, its all about the priorities.

Priorities of new generation have been changed, we don't even spend time with our parents who used to be always with us whenever we needed. They used to spend all their free time with their child only. Do you think they were not busy, they don't work.


By Khem Raj, Sr. Manager - Online Marketing, IDZ Solutions  | 03 19 2011 11:58:59 +0000
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I hate being tagged!
By Khem Raj, Sr. Manager - Online Marketing, IDZ Solutions  | 03 19 2011 11:52:38 +0000
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A simple post card would make a big difference.But for this a feeling of closeness should prevail in us.in this changing world do we feel close with anybody?
By john peter mendonca, Senior manager,Business Development, win media communications pvt ltd  | 03 19 2011 11:42:02 +0000
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You just remind me the days when our life was full of fun.Making greeting cards,use of sketch pans,giving them to friends,getting a lot from mates was just best part of my life.Now we are having all facilities but still lacking something.Tech has taken everything out of our life.Holi is not like the way that used to be in our childhood.
By piyush sharma, Software Developer, Navyug InfoSolutions Private Limited  | 03 19 2011 11:20:03 +0000
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I thought of sharing this poem with you all: The intangible in a tangible letter-box by Henseley I sent you letters 365 out of 365. The first one was inside a box made of Narra tree I have beheaded from a provincial mountain. The years came into p a s s i n g. Your death is my death: I saw the letter-box toyed with by a child with cute marbles inside. Still, your name is tangible: italicized, engraved. I, on the otherhand, the g i v e r will remain intangible like our memories.
By S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner  | 03 19 2011 10:06:55 +0000
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Right in this new cyber ege ,tag,ooke are now the ways to remind dear one ! but its Vintage era to received mail/letter/cards via Post man,
By laukik R GawarePatil, Manager Project's  | 03 19 2011 09:18:27 +0000
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You are being nostalgic and i can understand that feeling. I too agree with you that receiving a card through the mail is indeed great but given the busy lives that we lead today, FB / email is inevitable. But we should atlest ensure to call if not visit our friends on special occasions . That way we can undo the damage of not sending a card to an extent
By Jaygopal Raghavan, Marketing Manager, Landmark Group  | 03 19 2011 09:03:41 +0000
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time is shorter day by day but i believe a hectic life must have a bunch of freinds to enrich your life with sheer touch & affection for a refresh. Gagan Gupta Freelance advertising
By Gagan Gupta, Freelancer, Marketing and Advertising  | 03 19 2011 08:54:47 +0000
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Certainly we are missing on the human touch. and i really miss those letters and cards synonymous to the festivals.. :(
By Prashant Kumar, Senior Software Engineer, Marlabs software Pvt Ltd  | 03 19 2011 08:29:08 +0000
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Its all a sign of progress, Leena.

We cannot have it ALL.

The joys of anticipation of a postman were then offset by the irritation of the time it took to communicate via snail mail v/s ihe instant communication and the shortlived joy of getting Tagged or Forwarded to from friends on fb or in your inbox.

However the  pleasure of being remembered or noticed remains the same, only the duration is shorter.
By Harish Vadgama, Proprietor, Self , Freelance  | 03 19 2011 07:57:14 +0000
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ALL ARE FRAUD NOT ACTUAL
By bharat , Legal Consultant/Solicitor, bharatkumar lawyer  | 03 19 2011 06:56:12 +0000
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Post takes a more time than tag. Yes, it's true that waiting for post is increased your attachment with that person to whom you received a post. Even my friend after is engagment he send a letter to his wife rather than to call. Days are changed peoples prefer tag for faster services. Most of the time we didn,t get post on time but tag, e-mail we can get within a few minutes.
By Omkar Kulkarni, Accounts Officer, Minilec(India) Pvt Ltd  | 03 22 2011 15:32:58 +0000
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India or any other country is free from each other, everything is interconnected and nobody has time like olden days of secluded India to post individual cards, I persume. At least knowing that someone remembers you is good news in nowadays. Happy Deepavali to you all !!
By Mathew Cherian, Research Associate/Analyst, Western Michigan University  | 03 19 2011 18:57:59 +0000
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In either way, your feelings are cherished & also, the business- Mean the postal & the networking.

Long way, we have come on development but, in many places we do not fail to see the Kerosine Latern (Lamp) to help you in the event of black-out / Gen failures.

We do care for the Old Latern but prioritise to modern Luminaries.

Same goes, here, for FB Tags. We do care to receive postal nostalgia but, for that, we do not want to sacrifice the latest FB.(invention to take you for more miles).
By KALIYAMOORTHY , Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed  | 03 19 2011 16:20:23 +0000
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we need to change with time perticularly when the issue is related with technology . In FB any one can wish u as s/he has to tag only whereas in post cards one have to have the address,which only few known used to keep . In this case u get more wishes on such occasions . Happy Holi to all of u.
By Dr. Ashutosh Karnatak, Executive Director (Projects)  | 03 19 2011 09:23:13 +0000
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I prefer tags too because that too is a way of saying I have you on my mind.. What else should we expect in this busy world??!!
By Disha Roy, Lecturer, St Xaviers College  | 03 19 2011 08:29:37 +0000
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