Even by current standards where we seem to have become inured to the most horrifying news, an account in this paper about a young man stabbing his roommate to death, first shocks, then horrifies and finally should act as an eye-opener on several counts. The report says that a Malwani youth and his roommate had a fight over the use of a phone charger. In a trice, one of the men stabbed his roommate in the chest. The man who was attacked died. Both men are in their early 20s and were labourers.

While it is true that this incident involves a specific demographic, it has lessons for all. First, it is a huge and dangerous pointer to the slaves of technology, especially the cell phone, that we have become. The cellphone is now an extension of our arms and our souls.