India saw its last telegram sent in July 2013, a service
that had been serving the people for nearly 168 years! Once the only way to
send fast messages with the minimum amount of words, people looked at the
arrival of a telegram with a sense of both eagerness and trepidation, as only
really good or really bad news warranted the use of a telegram. Then, came
telephones and the 2000s saw a very fast progression to mobile phones and
instant messaging. But you still had to use the messaging service from your mobile
service provider, which cost a lot and even had word limits per message. And
then came smartphones with the internet and applications. Among the most famous
apps was Facebook, which proved to be a game-changer in the field of social
media. It came with the feature Messenger, where people could send instant
messages very easily, all you needed was an internet connection.
