The Two Words That Started a Revolution: The Story of the First SMS
Aaj hum din mein senkron (hundreds) text messages bhejte aur wasool karte hain. Emojis, stickers, aur GIFs hamari guftugu ka lazmi hissa ban chukay hain. Lekin kya aapne kabhi socha hai ke yeh sab kahan se shuru hua? Is communication inqilab ki ibtida (beginning) sirf do lafzon ke ek saadah se paigham se hui thi, jo ek aisi duniya mein bheja gaya tha jahan mobile phone se jawab dena bhi na-mumkin tha. Yeh kahani hai dunya ke pehle SMS ki, ek chotay se qadam ki jisne insani rabton ko hamesha ke liye tabdeel kar diya.
The Moment That Changed Everything (Woh Lamha Jisne Sab Kuch Badal Diya)
3 December 1992, technology ki tareekh ka ek ahem din tha. Is din, Neil Papworth naam ke ek 22 sala engineer ne apne computer se Vodafone ke director, Richard Jarvis, ke mobile phone par ek paigham bheja. Woh paigham tha: “Merry Christmas”. Yeh tareekh ka pehla Short Message Service (SMS) tha. Us waqt, Richard Jarvis apni company ki Christmas party mein thay aur unhon ne yeh paigham apne Orbitel 901 phone par wasool kiya—jo us waqt ke sab se baray aur bhari mobile phones mein se ek tha. Pehla text message kab bheja gaya ka jawab isi tareekhi lamhay mein chupa hai.
A One-Way Street (Ek Tarfa Raasta)
Is waqiye ki sab se hairan kun baat yeh hai ke us waqt technology kitni mehdood (limited) thi. Richard Jarvis ke paas jo mobile phone tha, woh sirf paigham wasool kar sakta tha; us par keyboard nahi tha, isliye woh us paigham ka jawab nahi de sakte thay. Communication ka yeh raasta us waqt sirf ek tarfa tha. SMS ka concept abhi apne ibtidai (initial) marhalay mein tha aur kisi ko andaza nahi tha ke yeh saadah si technology aglay chand saalon mein dunya bhar mein rabton ka sab se bara zariya ban jayegi. SMS technology ki tareekh is baat ki misaal hai ke choti shuruaatein kitni bari tabdeeliyan la sakti hain.
The Ripple Effect: A Communication Revolution (Lehar Ka Asar: Communication Mein Inqilab)
Us pehle “Merry Christmas” ke baad, SMS technology ne aahista aahista parwan charhna shuru kiya. 1990s ki dahai (decade) ke aakhir tak, mobile phones aam honay lage aur un mein text message bhejne ki sahulat bhi shamil ho gayi. Iske baad jo hua, woh ek inqilab tha.
- Log lambi phone calls ke bajaye chotay, fori paighamat bhejne lage.
- “Text speak” (jese LOL, BRB, OMG) ne janam liya taake kam lafzon mein zyada baat ki ja sake.
- Nojawan nasl ke liye yeh rabtay ka buniyadi zariya ban gaya.
Aaj, dunya bhar mein har saal trillions (kharbon) ki tadaad mein text messages bheje jaate hain. Woh do lafz darasal us communication mein inqilab ka aaghaz thay jisne hamari samaji (social) zindagi ko mukammal taur par badal diya hai.
From SMS to Smart Messaging (SMS Se Smart Messaging Tak)
Aaj ke daur mein, WhatsApp, iMessage, aur deegar smart messaging apps ne SMS ki jagah le li hai. Lekin in tamam apps ki bunyad wohi saadah SMS technology hai. SMS ne hi humein 160 characters mein apni baat kehna sikhaya aur mobile par fori rabtay ki bunyad rakhi.
Neil Papworth ka woh pehla paigham is baat ki ek taqatwar yaad dehani hai ke kabhi kabhi choti si innovation bhi dunya par gehray aur taveel-muddat (long-lasting) asraat chhor sakti hai.
