It was about six years after divorce that Pradeep took to learning Computer seriously. He had enough works
during daytime in the provision store he owned, but during the nights, he was feeling so lonely and restive that he had to find some or other works to keep him engaged, however small it may be, so as to keep his mind away from the two years of his wedded life. Seeing television till 11‘o’ clock in the night was beyond question and so he simply sat in his house looking at the darkness and listening the various noises till sleep took hold of him.
It was a friend who suggested learning computer, when he heard about the problem. And it was a
real solution. The friend taught the basics of computer operations and within a period of six months, he became able to operate it independently. The friend had also helped him to have a mail id, and Pradeep had insisted on adding the year 2008 as part of his id. He did not disclose the importance of the year to his friend, but it was the year of his divorce. Somehow, he felt it necessary to add the year with his mail id.
The enormous possibilities of internet fascinated him so much that he spent hours in front of it, searching and finding items which interested and appealed to him. Prior to this, he was not much interested in reading articles or stories, but now it became his habit to search out emagazines and websites, in order to read them. In course of time, he collected the mail ids of some of his friends and relatives and used to receive and send interesting mails to them.
