Smartphone Addiction and its Repercussions

The death of Asim Bashir while playing PUPG, was widely circulated as well as condoled on social media. This incident is not an isolated happening. In the recent past we have come across several such disturbing news items: another 11th class student who died while playing PUBG, people who died while taking selfies, a UPSC aspirant who hid his smartphone in water bottle to cheat in the examination hall, etc. Incidents like these seem to be gradually getting normalizing in our society. The reason is obvious: smartphone (SP) addiction among the masses in general and the youth in particular.