Mental Drugs

   Are you surprised with the title? We all know about the drug addiction which has become a problem to the nation. Recently our beloved PM Shri Narendra Modi ji has also given a inspirational lecture on prevention of drugs and the losses incurred due to the use of drugs. The drugs which I am going to talk about are entirely different from those but may have same effect. Wondered what are these drugs?? They are LAN games and social networking sites. These have become a part of the daily routine of the youth. The real challenging sports like hockey, cricket, football and indoor games like chess, caroms lost their importance. Youth are more likely to spend their time on social networking sites and LAN games than on real play grounds. They are more interested in messaging than actually speaking with the people around them. When I am in first year of my engineering I neither have any PC nor I know about the social networking sites. That's when I first saw people don't even bother talking to the people around them but they are more interested in messaging people online. May be i might have even addicted to these drugs if I had a laptop those days. As it is the first year I had friends who are like me. Slowly a year passed and next year slowly more became victims to those drugs, they bunked classes, exams, finally ruined their lives. They are still struggling to clear their backlogs and get a job to survive the next 60 years. Who's to blame? No one except themselves. They are so addicted that their daily routine is like Get up-game-eat-game-sleep. Some of even sacrificed their food. I saw people fasting on the name of God from which you may get hope to tackle your problems but these are fasting for worthless games by which we get problems but neither solutions nor hope to tackle. I am disappointed to see people of very young age groups such as 10 - 16 and above are also being the victims of these dangerous drugs. The age between 10-16 years is very precious and should used for acquiring knowledge, fitness and to build your character. Some of the games and articles on social networking sites had a great impact on these young minds most of the cases it is a negative impact. I accept that we can gain something by using these social networking sites and PC games but at what cost? At the cost of our Career? Character?...So we need to be on our control. We are human beings and we should respect our tasks and relations and never be a victim or addicted to something. My sincere request to parents is encourage them to play in play grounds not the play stations. We also play cricket, football on streets at least if not in play grounds but not in PC's. To an extent it is good to get entertainment but under control. Let us be under our own control not under anything or anyone. Jai Hind. Satyamevajayate.