Many years back
when I was in homeland India,
I was working in a region
away from home.
I was an assistant professor
in a university,
teaching biotechnology
But always, I was eager
to learn the culture a place,
where I lived.
So, I was visiting
this heritage museum.
There were these puppet shows
a lost art now.
Times were simpler,
people after agriculture work
at simple foods,
and we went to see
puppet shows on epics.
The same people
now talk of Facebook, Instagram,
YouTube, WhatsApp.
Times change,
now we are being
captivated by technology.
We are not realizing yet,
but we are almost puppets,
they know how to
pull our strings,
and dance to their whims.
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Seema Patel
Hi, I am Seema. I have been writing on the internet for 15 years. I have contributed to PubMed, Blogger, Medium, LinkedIn, Substack, and Amazon KDP.
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Puppet shows were great to watch and learn from an you are so right we are puppets to social media. Monkey see, monkey do.
So true! They have figured out how to make us dance to their tunes. But sneaky you and I break away to nature shutting out the electronics for a time. 💕