WhatsApp has made death a meaningless stat with no gravitas or feel. Heard about a related family member’s sudden passing this morning. Everyone paid their due respect in status and prayer emoji, and by evening steady flow of Modi related news, 100 languages of India and other crap. It’s like death itself has no meaning anymore. A quick reply with prayer emoji, condolences and I guess everyone’s done enough. It’s rather sad what social media is doing to our brains that we can’t even bring ourselves to have empathy for half a day.