"TECHNOLOGY" AND "HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS"

There is a distinct difference between connectivity or communication and the "human relationships".Though both are interdependent but unlike communication emotions form the backbone of any human relationship and thanks to this modern technology,we have started dealing with the most intense thing i.e emotions superficially.
Today our social skills are decreasing and thereby relationships degrading.Technology has "alienated" us.Instead of having quality time with family or the people around computers,television or cellphone keeps us occupied.It is a one on one interaction with someone who is not really there,something that cannot give us human response even though personified.There is straining of relationships due to technology.
"Proper use of technology",it is out of question these days.We are already behaving as a slave to technology,one who is obedient and loyal to its master disregarding every other aspect of its life.
Can a smiley always makes us smile when we feel low or any other high-tech provision can provide us with the comfort of mothers lap.Though the world is shrinking but we are being dragged far away from the people who are truly significant for us.Get off this materialistic approach.For example spend half an hour with your pet rather than taming them on "petville".Difference could be surely felt.Human relationships is not just limited to man to man terms but it is with every living being around it.
Kids are so stuck up to gadgets these days ironically "they" are running out of time after study hours.They dislike moving out to play.Isn't it a loss to fostering human relationships?.There is unawareness of bondage of friendship,sportsman spirit and the real charm of childhood.All of us somewhere miss the time when blackberry and apple were just fruits.
Lack of willingness to think before acting,impatience and disrespectfulness towards one another is prevalent these days.Thank again the technology for this because probably we have started to think that everything around can be restored,deleted and copied,even the people!!.In a broader frame definitely technology is a "blessing in disguise" but in person we have lost the bondage and emotional tie up that used to exist in any relationship with the advancement in technology.
Moving to teacher-student relationships.Strange but true thoughts like teachers should be replaced by teaching aids are in for discussion.Just one question can teaching aids entrust the values and ethics in a student?
If we are really happy then why in the era of modern technology then why the suicidal rates have increased to about 8% i.e maximum in last 15 years in our country?.Phenomenal increase in the cases of mental depression,divorce rates have almost doubled,increment in nuclear families and even social isolation has increased.These are the consequences of loss of the true sense of human relationships.Countries that have experienced faster and greater technological advancement have somewhere almost lost the proper sense of human relationships and now they are turning towards spiritualism for peace.Our striving for survival is only worth when we have peace and harmony in our lives,we are people not pre-programmed devices.Gen Y we should not abbreviate ourselves as WTF i.e wikipedia,twitter and facebook generation because there are loads of other things around that have the potential to make our life better.