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Whatsapp: The ballooning effect

"Hey...I'll whatsapp you..."
This dialog is quite familiar now a days not only among youth but also among children and even senior citizens. The youth rushing into their rooms or making a hurry to open their smart phones and change their profile pic in facebook are disappearing with the majestic entry of whatsapp. Whatsapp together with the smart phones are becoming a dominant culture in Kerala. You all may have heard the news that the Kerala Police has introduced a whatsapp helpline for the public. On seeing such a news I was surprised on the way by which the whatsapp have widened its influence. Utilizing the ubiquitous social media, the police dept in many Indian states is supporting the use of whatsapp to mobilize surveillance. In Kerala, the system was first introduced in Trivandrum and Kochi. I am glad to see that its ambit has now been expanded to Thrissur also. The system is in such a way that the information will be conveyed straight to the police control room. The control room will then direct the concerned police officers through the wireless.     

Thus the whatsapp, in the beginning put its feet among the youth and gradually being an inevitable element in both the social and cultural surroundings, it made such a drastic change in the society. Whatsapp is the biggest messaging app in the world. The main reason behind this is the safety in private chatting. The adoption of whatsapp even by the most public related detective department shows that the world is getting controlled by the technology. Soon the world will be within the palms of technology.

    A few days ago the police dept was quite often in the news for very wrong reasons. In such a circumstance, this is a propitious step even though they are on a long road ahead. This befitting decision has helped the common man to make his life easier. The complaints which are ensnared in the red tape may disappear by this righteous movement. Thus the police department along with the technology, a coercive arm of the state is now on the right track complying with the law and respecting the human rights.

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