An Endangered Species in India....

This post is about the PCO's [Public Call Office]..
Everybody might have seen the board STD ISD PCO!!..
I had read and article about PCO's today in TOI. The number of PCOs in India is getting reduced day by day..In 90's it was the connecting point for us especially for Keralites to the Gulf countries..

In July 29, 1914 transcontinental telephone service began with a telephone conversation between Thomas A. Watson in San Francisco and Alexander Graham Bell in New York City..
It was the starting of a new era by which the world became more smaller:)..Each and evryone is one dial away!!..

I still remember the day at which first PCO started in my village..That was the first time I saw a phone outside films.. And almost nobody knows how to make a call:)..Whenever one want to make a call, he/she will go and ask the operator to dial the number and then operator will give the receiver to the person..and these people will say as louder as possible in phone..especially when the call is to gulf countries..The simple reason for speaking louder is there is Arabian sea in between Kerala and Gulf..So sound has to travel through sea to reach there naa??!!..:)

These PCO's actually made a silent revolution in India. Government gave all kinds of support for handicapped people to start PCOs. It was a big help for them..

Then there comes the 'coin boxes'. If U have one rupee coin u can make a local call..
But Keralites were very intelligent.We made calls using 20ps and 25ps!!..In my 11th and 12th days I made lot of calls for 25ps!..

Those days are gone so fastly...Now mobile phones rules the telecom world..Even 2 year old child knows how to use mobile!!..According to United Nations, in India there are more number of mobile phones than toilets!![NDTV 3-4 months back]

Some memories never get faded and thus the PCOs will always remain in our mind....