"Keeping in touch"

Today, We all are living in a world where all of us have all sorts of equipment at our dispense to keep in touch with our loved ones and we all exploit them to maximum in order to "keep in touch". Gone are the days of land line phones where if one wanted to make an STD or ISD call he had to book a trunk call and wait for hours together or had to go to the STD booth, parents did not allow their daughters to receive calls from their male friends (i know it sounds pretty weird today but even I have been a part of that generation and I have experienced it to a great extent). Cell phones/internet have made things very easy, life now days is  so well connected and everyone of us is so easily accessible. The moment you feel like talking to someone; you pick up your cell  dial the desired number and you get connected with the person you want talk with...things are so simple right? 

But.... unfortunately things are not so simple......this Sunday afternoon, when me and my wify were enjoying siesta, my cell phone started ringing (i know its very irritating) since it was a Sunday afternoon and the call was coming from an unknown number I decided not to pick it up..but it kept on ringing constantly not once, not twice but thrice I received calls from that unknown number and I decided to pick up that call and I eventually picked it up......

To my utter surprise and disbelief that call was from a person who decided to walk out of my life for the reasons best known to that person, around 12 years ago. Initially, I could not react to what that person was saying and I just kept quiet...the explanation provided for calling up was pretty childish that just felt like talking to you and called you up...I just could not believe that reason given by the person who once had said I'd never talk to you again in my entire life....but yes there I was receiving call from the same person asking my whereabouts and my wishing me luck....in these long 12 years, many times I hoped, if we come across each other even once I'd just ask for an explanation about that decision but when I received that call, I just felt like hanging up the phone and not to pick up call from that number again......

That's when I realized "keeping in touch" with someone is not as simple as it appears...its not as easy as picking up your cell and dialing the number and wishing well for each other... it is not simple like the handset we have in our hands..... it is complex like the wiring and technology that runs this machine...it is complex like the codes which receive and send millions of commands at the same time...it is complex like the permission required to raise up the towers who facilitate the "connectivity".....the whole thing is very complex.....after all its just about one thing "keeping in touch"....