iconimg Saturday, December 21, 2013  Rajiv Makhni, Hindustan
Times August 31, 2013 It was fairly late at night when I glanced
at my phone for my last check on all the people who I was sure
can’t live without me and my awesome inputs in their life and
work. Hmmm… no emails, no messages, no missed calls and no BBM
and WhatsApp reach outs either. Obviously, the network must have
collapsed as it was impossible that the world was carrying on
without me. Just as I was tapping the red light notification on
my phone to make sure it was working, up popped a WhatsApp
message: “We should all contribute Rs. 500 each for Rajiv to buy
BlackBerry.”  As I was trying to understand why my WhatsApp
‘Obsessed with Fitness’ group wanted to collectively buy me a
BlackBerry phone, up popped a follow-up message. “Not BlackBerry
the phone, but BlackBerry the company”.  BlackberryYes, I use a
BlackBerry as my primary phone and yes, I am ribbed about it all
the time and yes, my fitness group were a bunch of jokers. But
despite the sens