His hands were aching. He had a very busy day. So many forwards, swipes… So much work on the go with social apps. Life in the sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#74)

In olden days, you prayed/said grace, before a meal. Now you take a picture. Life in the sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#68)

They met after a long time over dinner. At the end was the customary photo session. They asked a waiter to take picture. He obliged. One more, they said. He obliged. Then each one gave their phone to the waiter. He knew he had to do ‘one more’ on each one. Then they all went into the Instagram/Facebook archive. Life in the sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#56)

There is great peace in every house today. Each member is in a corner engrossed with their mobile phone. The only welcome disturbance is Swiggy. Life in the sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#54)

You buy a mobile phone. Then you buy screen protector. Then you buy a case. Then you buy blinking LED lights. You install two SIM cards. Then you use it as a camera. Amazing people of sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#49

The parents were traveling to Chennai by Shatabdi and their baby was throwing tantrums. So what did they do ? They put a cartoon video on YouTube and gave the phone to baby. Is it amazing how times have changed? In olden days, when babies cried, we used pacifiers. Now parents have gone high tech. They use mobile phones to pacify. Amazing people of sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#46)

The neighbour’s water tank was leaking, as the motor was not switched off. He picked up the phone and let him know that it was leaking. The voice travelled many hundreds of kilometres wirelessly to reach the neighbour, a few feet away. The high life of sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#32)

He had a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant opposite the garbage dump on the side street. The business was barely making ends meet. Now he took pictures of his food and made them look alluring. He peppered the writeup with organic, fresh and halal. Then he registered with the food delivery apps. Now nobody knew where he was and his business grew manyfold. Photoshop transformed his business. His chef continued to dig his nose while cooking. The…

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He had all the payment options in his purse and phone – Credit/debit/smart cards, PayTM, PhonePe, BHIM, AirtelMoney,OlaMoney etc. There was just one small problem, he just did not enough money in his bank account.  The high life of sillycon city. #sillyconCity (#25)