Food for thought.

Impact of technology on daily life: Bombarded with devices like computer,smart phone we have become totally dependent on gadgets. The wi-fi router is always on,enabling us to know the updates of all things on line like social media,emails among others. We can read newspapers at any time of the day with the latest news. E books have resulted in availability of classic literature for everyone which otherwise would be available only in select libraries of the world. They have their own features. E books can be designed to be interactive,with the option of note taking. The book layout,graphics and illustrations are far superior when compared to printed books. They occupy less size and can be read on a smart phone or a tablet .They can be competitively priced and sold directly to customers.

Is it a healthy sign to stop reading books, newspapers, magazines in print and instead do the same on line. What about the writing habits? How much do we write on paper every day? Letter writing is a best forgotten art. Handwriting is a reflection of human mind. When we write neatly it means our thoughts are well organized. Dirty handwriting means otherwise.

As of today,plagiarism is easily identified in academic writing,research writing among others. Gone are the days of 'copy and paste' writing indulged in by plagiarist writers of notorious reputation. Earlier,not too many years ago,plagiarist writers had a field day copying content from all over the Internet web pages and pasting into the word document. Plagiarist writers remained faithful to the basic philosophy of plagiarism by indulging in violation of Intellectual Property Rights on a large scale. There have not been many instances of the plagiarist writers getting punished for their highly unethical activity. In scientific research, a few researchers caught indulging in plagiarism in the research articles submitted to reputed journals have faced expulsion from the university departments. In many shady journals of questionable reputation plagiarized article are accepted for a fee. All this undermines the basic tenets of scientific writing. It takes time to write 100% original article with proper references to the sources used. The sources include books,journals,web pages, videos among others.