The other day I had an experience
which began all and sundry. I am a member of a professional network on internet
and like all other networks, this gives continuous recommendations of adding
someone else to your network.
They pop out of nowhere every
time I Iog in. Mugshots of people whom I
know or once knew and also of some I have never seen come on the screen much
like the Wanted column of newspapers ! Honestly it is a little irritating but
at times but it does lead to getting connected to someone whom we really need.
I had logged on to this portal
and these so-called recommendations for joining the network started popping
out. Suddenly one such recommendation made me freeze. A face, familiar came out
with the name and last held position etc. All this was fine. The only thing out
of place was that this particular ex-colleague of mine had passed away some
months back (God rest his soul in peace !).
It was such an eerie moment or
two when I looked at the screen and wondered. What happens to us with all our
digital trail when we move to the next world ? How does this digital trail get
cleaned up ?
And do these departed souls get
networked to each other in the next world ?
Definitely, maybe…………
