Sparsh Nov06: The morphing of the hand-wrtten letter full blogger version

Greetings from MeraSnap.com.

Sparsh is our monthly bak-bak on how technology impacts personal communication - for good and bad. Like the old jungle saying, we may or may not like the transition. But can we afford to ignore it?

So, here we go. It takes 3 mins wonly.

Warmly,
Team MeraSnap

	The morphing of hand-written letters into Email, IM, SMS and what not… As humans, we like to communicate and connect. We thought our email inbox was
intimidating enough, a recent article by Martha Irvine says teens already see email as old school!

The generation born between 1979 and 1994 (known by marketers as "millennials") have practically grown up with the Internet. In the India-specific sense, it's the mobile phone. Email is largely being replaced by instant messaging, blogs and social networking sites.

So, where does that leave the art of letter writing? It is a pleasure to receive letters and worth the effort to write them. How else can one convey sincerity and layers of emotions?
This article by Megan Bode rues the lack personal touch in an email

	Democratized opinions! You are welcome to contribute or suggest whacky/irreverent/intelligent blog reviews.
	Vivah Clip Nikhat Kazmi's TOI review says it smells of Savlon. Goelji's review reads - "It is Sooraj Barjatya's Disneyland-ish utopia where everyone is innocent and pure."

	Tananam Tananam (Kan) Expectations were high from the new Kavitha Lankesh film. Based on a classic story by Kalki, it tells the tale of Shankar, a veena student so devout he stays in his teacher house. More from Rediff
	Sainikudu set for release on Nov 30 Clip Sainikudu is from the stable of the duo that gave us the delightful hit Okkadu. Indeed, it is Guna Sekhar
and the Prince of Tollywood, Mahesh Babu. Official website

	Varalaaru (Tam) Clip …wholesome entertainment. It has mother sentiment, father sentiment, brother sentiment, girlfriend-
boyfriend sentiment, angry, murder, love, romance, sadness, tears, etc. More. By Anu Russel. But Balaji's review is sensible.
	Classmates (Mal) Clip Well, the story is about a group of students in the Chemistry batch of 1991 in a campus that incorporates
active and violent student politics. More. By Sreejith Kumar

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