In the 19^th century, Wordsworth, fed up with the frantic, feverish rush of the mundane pursuits of the contemporary society, complained in his own inimitable style that ‘the World is too much with us’.

We have no time- he said- to look at nature that is ours. We are wasting our powers only in earning money and spending it. He longed to get away from this mad rush. This was somewhere around early or mid-19th century in England. But the world has seen in an unprecedented change since then for the better and for the worse. Human life has gone on to become increasingly busy. The last decade of the 20^th century in particular, brought with it, an unimagined and unforeseen upheaval in human life in the form of the great revolution in Information and Communication Technology. Continue reading →