Mint Lounge (14 July 2007)
Past Perfect
The column immediately took me on a nostalgia trip. During the 1980s, stamp collection was a hobby that was pursued passionately. Exchanging stamps among friends was very common. On a boring day when there was nothing to do, one could easily pass the time browsing through a stamp collection. But, with the advent of email and courier companies, sending letters by post has seen a consistent decline. The new generation can hardly connect with stamp collection as a hobby. In fact, it would be interesting to do a survey among teenagers & youngsters (aged below 25), to find out how many of them have ever sent a letter by post. As technology progresses, new & sophisticated means replace the old, & one has no option but to accept that change in order to keep pace with the world.
Ketan R. Meher
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