Volume 5 · The Great Indian Bazaar · Essay 237

Social Media Trap

The Social Media trap is baited with something you genuinely want. That is why it works.

Escaping it requires one unfashionable act: admitting the earlier step was wrong while the admission is still cheap. Pride charges compound interest on delayed admissions.

During the monsoon, one clogged drain teaches the whole lane about the commons. Everyone kept it clean, everyone assumed someone else owned it, everyone waded home together.

Society is a long conversation; the only question is whether you are listening or merely waiting to speak. One page cannot change a life. But one recognised pattern can change a Tuesday, and lives are made of Tuesdays.