Write of way

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Write of way

Long, long ago, in the biblical times, old man Moses went up a mountain to

get advice from a higher authority. What he got instead were orders written

with a finger on stone tablets. That was, probably, the first time that

things were distinctly written down.

That, naturally, was a very unwieldy way of doing things. Imagine carrying a

stone newspaper around.

" Hand me the newspaper. I want to read it on the potty! "

" Uhh! Never mind! Due to the strain, I don't need to go now! "

Then came metal plaques of whichever metal was in fashion- Copper, Bronze,

Iron. That, of course, was too costly. " I don't know what my name is. You

see, someone stole all my documents with my name and sold it for scrap

metal. It's time we invented a new metal with no scrap value called Steal,

to prevent these thefts! "

After that the same thing happened that happens even today. The Chinese

flooded the markets with their product, viz. paper; which eventually led to

the greatest invention of all times, the toilet paper! It boldly goes where

no man has gone before.

Meanwhile, the illiterate people had to use their thumb to sign. But soon

even literate guys were proudly thumbing their texts on SMS and tweets.

Now the recent advances have made it possible to write on touch screens with

a stylus or even scribble some notes with your finger nail.

Thus we have come a long way. Right from writing on tablets with a finger,

to.. well... Writing on tablets with a finger!

-Kishore Shah