One day, I woke up early in the morning—not because of my alarm, but because the security cameras installed in my house kept flashing and repeating, “No Wi-Fi! No Wi-Fi! No Wi-Fi connection!” I quickly checked the Wi-Fi and the router, but there was no internet connection anywhere in the house. My mother, who had gone downstairs, rushed back home to ask my father why the music wasn’t working on her earphones. My mother and father went to the office, and my brother Divij went to school. I felt secretly thrilled because it was my summer vacation, and I didn’t have to go to school!
There was chaos all over the world. These days, we depend so much on services like Swiggy, Zepto, and Blinkit—but none of them were working. People couldn’t order anything from their phones because mobile apps need the internet. When delivery people and helpers arrived, even the MyGate app in societies didn’t work. People couldn’t take out money from ATMs or use UPI apps like Paytm to pay at shops, and most didn’t carry cash with them. People couldn’t even book taxis without the internet. Online classes could not happen. And just for one day, you can see—if there is no internet, what a tough day it is for everyone.
Teachers couldn’t show any exciting videos that help students learn better and discover new things in a fun way. It really felt like the internet had disappeared for the whole day.
Everybody came back from work. Divij, my 4-year-old brother, cried because he couldn’t watch Peppa Pig. But this turned out to be a special time for the whole family to come together and enjoy.
Google, ChatGPT, WhatsApp—these are so common these days. But today, no one in the entire world could use them. I, Anaisha, was so happy because the whole family played, laughed, and most of all, cherished every moment—on a weekday! On weekends, parents usually like to rest or catch up on chores, which is totally okay. But today was different—this unexpected break brought us all together on a bright and beautiful day in September.
September, 2025
