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Pedro noticed that some posts and pictures of his friend on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram had disappeared. He had ‘liked’ and ‘commented’ on the posts about a ‘good time with friends on the beach’.

He called up his friend to inform him about the occurrence. His friend was quiet on the other side of the phone call. Pedro decided to cheer him up, ‘don’t worry, nothing lost! I had downloaded all posts of your get-together.’  

His friend slowly spoke up, ‘It was me who deleted my posts… I had erred by breaking norms of distancing during the lockdown (due to the pandemic)… Please delete the evidence as I don’t want to be seen as a violator.’

Pedro retorted, ‘so you want to be but not to seem?’

What we put up on social media tells what we want to seem to the world. It is difficult to cover the traces we leave behind. Our online activities are easily available as is the tracking of our online data. Yet we try to cover up.

To cover up tracks completely, the easiest way is to not making them. If Pedro’s friend had not involved in a purposeful wrongdoing, his transgression would not have been exposed. He was worried now as he was caught.

Our image is a perception that arises from our actions. Do not fret about the image. We should focus on strength of our character. We must work on who we are and what we do, instead of shallow concerns of what we seem.

Actions that come from the good you deem

Are greater than the image that you seem!

~ Pravin K Sabnis