Only Connect!: Short Fiction about Technology and Us from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia

By Meenakshi Bharat & Sharon Rundle

Only Connect!: Short Fiction about Technology and Us from the Indian Subcontinent and Australia

By Meenakshi Bharat & Sharon Rundle

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Specifications

Print Length

240 pages

Language

English

Publisher

Rupa Publications Co.

Publication date

1 January 2014

ISBN

9788129134608

Weight

0.44 pound

Description

We live in a world where battles are fought in cyberspace, relationships are forged through voice – over – IP, and declarations of love are made through speedy text messages pertinently, the stories in Only Connect weigh the deep impact of technology on our lives, relationships, and the ways in which we perceive each other and ourselves. While meenakshi Bharat’s B Wid U Soon shows how despite the distance between them, technology helps a couple share the birth of their baby, Janhavi Acharekar’s Sneha, 25’ highlights the hoax of digital ties as a young girl is conned by a cyber – lover. A collection of twenty riveting stories, Only Connect traces this brave new world we have come to inherit.


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