Connected or Disconnected: The Art of Operating in a Connected World by Micke Darmell and Kapil Rampal, Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2018, Pages 158, Price Rs. 395/-

One of the very few things that may be predicted with certainty about the world in the coming decades is the hold of information technology on it. IT-enabled products and services has revolutionized the way humankind communicates, works, relaxes, or solves medical, political, legal, or educational problems. It has also left the generations grappling with rapid changes in the modus operandi of even the most mundane tasks of life. While the impact has been vastly beneficial in making the world as we know it today, technology, to the vast majority, has been a major time-guzzler, a distractor from important life activities, and a source for social anxieties and privacy risks previously unknown.