Friends: From walled world to virtual world
By Aboli Lokhande I entered the class late. As my home was at a walking distance from school, in recess I used to come home (in fact, four of us, the siblings) to have lunch and managed to go back to school in time. But that day I saw all classmates were in class and teacher had just entered. As soon as I sought permission to enter the class, all eyes were on me. Some might not have seen me. They might have been busy in settling down for that period. I was feeling awkward for being late. This is the incident when I was in 10 th standard. Years later… same class, same classmates on the platform of WhatsApp group and I entered late. Forty one students were already in the group. All eyes were on me but some might not have noticed me. They must be busy in their day to day life or must be good in not losing concentration. One of my friends from those days and who used to be one of the toppers in the class, added me in the group and it stunned me with the same fee...