A day without whatsapp

I woke up late that morning. I had to attend lectures that day. I picked up my phone to text my friend to go college n not wait for me. But there was no Whatsapp! I shrieked n told my mother about it and she was confused too as Whatsapp had suddenly vanished from her phone too... It was weird! I called my friend up and eventually got really late and missed a important lecture.
At the end of the day I told my friend to send me pics of the notes through Whatsapp and found out it wasn't there! I had to write everything down!!
We then moved to the canteen. My mom had called up almost 15 times as I hadn't assured her that I reached college. Everyday I used to drop her a message of me being safe but there was like almost no contact today. I called her up.
It felt weird to call every single person throughout the day to talk. But in the end I realised I had missed this! After a long time I had talked not texted!
Our group met at the canteen n took lot of selfies! Yaar send it to me on Whatsapp I want to change my dp! And I realised there's no Whatsapp. We used the traditional bluetooth way! And while leaving we greeted each other by saying I'll text you later! I was quiet
I came home after a weirdly tiring day. And my friend called up n asked hey why are you offline? I said I had no Whatsapp! She said okay we are planning for a movie...confirm if u r coming too. I said okay!
After a really long time  I had sent a sms....it was different nostalgia!!
All through the day I realised how our lives have changed radically! How we have been totally consumed  by internet ad its means! This needs to change... We need to learn living!
And the next day my Whatsapp was back n I was back to square one too!

------ Laxmi Krishnan