Internet killed the childhood crush..

Recently I got back in touch with my childhood crush (one of the many, of course).. Those school days when anyone who - looked remotely like shashi kapoor or sang kishore kumar songs, or begged adoringly for forgiveness to the principal for being caught red-handed smoking in the bathroom - qualified as a crush...

And even in those primary school years you knew that the best way to keep your one-sided romance going, is not talk to the other.. Just stare now and then, and imagine that he stares when you are not watching.. just like the latest hindi movie you saw.. That make-believe romance gave enough morale high to see through the continuous bad hair days, fear of missed out homework, and worries of not finding a place next to your favorite benchmates when the classroom changed with the academic year..

So, here I am, after a few decades, happily settled in every meaning of the word - taking time whenever life permits to look back and relish those innocently clumsy memories. In my imagination, every crush had grown into a shashi kapoor or a kishore kumar or an underworld don..

..Until one of those kiddos found me on a social networking site..

Now I know about his whole history, where he went to college, who his friends are, what they talk, what his hobbies are, what his kid looks like and more.. Rrrrrrippppppp....The curtains on a stage dimly lit with delicious mystery was suddenly lifted to reveal stark brightness of knowing... And in that brightness disappeared one of my fondest memories..

These are the very few times I wish the inventor of the www paid heed to the words -"Ignorance is Bliss".. :)

What do you say?