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The most abstract concept called ‘time’ has been redefined by citizens on the Net (netizens), and they say ‘that which does not exist’ is time.

• How appropriate is this definition from a netizen’s point of view?
• How differently has time been defined these days?

The number of people who believe that time does not exist is increasing. It is true. But, this heightened view on time, in my opinion, is a technology enabled state of mind. Obviously, there is ‘time’, and it is being defined differently.

Looking at the propriety of the definition of time, I tend to say that the only one thing that man understands throughout his life is the persistent and all encompassing hold of time on man. However, if we look at time from today’s netizens’ angle, it may be right in the sense that there is nothing called borders or day or night or week days or holidays. What they have is a virtual space which does not recognize time.

For example, today it doesn’t matter where one is, when one works, what one does and who one is. What matters most is whether one is connected to the Net or not. Actually, it is technology enabled state of mind.

Therefore, it is right to say there are other definitions. Let us see how differently it is getting defined. A person who invests is stocks defines time as money; either gained or gone. How about film and sports stars? It is career. And finally, how do industrialists define time? For them, time is investment, Above all, for those who are terminally ill, time is either hell or heaven. So time is getting defined differently today.

In short, there is nothing beyond or free from time. The modern IT enabled definition of time that it does not exist is just one of its countless definitions. As time passes, there will be more and more definitions. That is what I feel.

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