hou Or I-It: A Glimpse on ‘Relations’ In The Post-Pandemic Digital Age
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‘Covid-19’ is the word that everyone is averse to hear it nowadays. The pandemic has caused havoc in almost all
the spheres of human life and the world is still trying to get back into the past. The world is not anymore, the
same. Amidst the chaos, one can see the booming of digital media and gadgets that have become the norm of
building and defining relationships. While the technologies through apps bring people together, one can see a
decay of human dignity and respect in the interpersonal relationships. A perspective of the other as ‘I-It’ (in
Buber’s words) in this digital age has fueled crimes of all sorts. Blooming of technologies and gadgets have
boomeranged in distancing one from the other. This article is an attempt to redefine human relationships on ‘IThou’ rather than ‘I-It’ in this digital age which alone can concretize the ‘future’ of the human society.
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