It
was in the wee hours of a chilly November night on one of the Fridays. It was
all silence outside except the insects stridulating. Inside in the room, with a
mug full of hot coffee and listening to the soothing voice of Ustad Nusrat
Fateh Ali khan, “Mai Khayal hoon kisi aur ka, mujhe sochta koi aur hai”, I opened Facebook. On my
wall, I saw status update from my “friend”: Awarded Productive Scientist Award
2017. Only that it was neither an award nor it had to do anything with
productivity. It was a directory, which enlisted anybody who wished to be
listed. Scrolling further down, another “friend”: Delivering keynote address at
the International Conference. Only that he was just a participant who paid the
fee and the picture at the rostrum was during the break when nobody was there!
