Is the net working, one of my colleagues asked and I before I could reply, pat came the reply, No. And with this announcement all work stopped all of a sudden. While some of us rejoiced at this unintended break from work, others who were doing something more important banged their fists on the workstations and mumbled something to give vent to their anger. Soon the entire office, which usually resounds with the noise of key presses, was abuzz with murmur as people started gossiping with their friends and other colleagues. And there was no objection from the bosses as the work requires the employees to have access to the internet 247.

And, it was during one such phase in my routine day at the office, when I realized that how far mankind has reached. Today we can do things which could not have been imagined by our grandfathers. Science has gifted us with the technology to reach our loved ones within minutes which was a dream till about a century ago. The developments in the field of IT are squeezing out distances rapidly. We are advancing in space technology and medicinal and engineering fields. Nanotechnology is changing the concept of the way we look at things. And the journey has just begun. We still have many more milestones to cover and many new heights to achieve.