Cyber Space: A Site of Struggle and Release

Cyber Revolution today seems to have an edge over Cultural Revolution in myriad ways. Life without technology appears like a dreary desert devoid of energy and vibrancies. The slavish nature of cyber world has necessitated everyone to keep pace with the changing world, leading us to depend on (genetically modified food, mineral water, iodized salt, pesticide-bred vegetables, and adulterated sweets) various means of artificial life. While cyber world has added colours to life, it is fast approaching as an identity marker where fiction takes over fact especially with the younger generation. The change of entire cultural outfit of the world has also transformed the epistemic realities of the pragmatic order by overhauling the crest of power politics. It is time for all of us as stakeholders to realize how we can keep pace with the changing realities and balance the topsy-turvy of the world linguistically, psychologically, without discouraging the advancing wings of technology, which has become a living reality. The present paper makes a threadbare analysis of cyber space and interrogates whether its various forms have enhanced the quality of life, human values and preferences. While it is time to realize that though technology governs the radical transformations of our ecologically driven environment, it also makes hollow inroads in our psyche. The paper discovers that what happens to the object in the technological sphere is essential, whereas what happens to it in the psychological or sociological sphere of needs and practices is inessential. It is of paramount importance to situate development and inclusive growth alongside and at par with all sections of society to be represented equally. Cyber space with its dual poles of struggle and release can provide sustenance in life but release has to be for greater common good, which is not possible without sustainable development.