Celebrity Column | Shirishly Speaking: This week Shirish Kunder has best advice on handling tech!

Google Jasoos

Dear Shirish,
Every time I Google something, I start getting emails of ads for what I searched for. Ads also start popping up on my Facebook page. It’s like Google is spying on me. I have also read that Google spies on us and keeps track of everything we do. Recently, I started receiving emails on penis enlargement. The surprising part is: I have never Googled on this topic. Then how do they know? Is it possible that Google is spying on me through my webcam?
—Karan

Dear Karan,
No. That must be your wife anonymously sending you those emails.

‘MaiCloud’

Dear Shirish,
Ever since I gifted an iPad to my mother, she saves all her stuff on iCloud. I’ve warned her not to do that, as it can be hacked. But she believes that all her material is stored in some cloud, and is safe with God. She’s not very educated and is a firm believer of God. How to make her understand that it is not safe to store personal things on iCloud?
—Jagan

Dear Jagan,
Tell her: If it rains, all her stuff will leak from the cloud.

Attention Seeker

Dear Shirish,
My wife is always playing Candy Crush on her phone. Even while I am talking to her, she doesn’t pay attention and continues playing Candy Crush. It has become impossible to get her attention and have a meaningful conversation with her. What should I do?
—Frustrated Husband

Dear Frustrated Husband,
Everyone is going through the same problem; this is an epidemic. The only solution is to call and talk to her on the phone. That’s the only time she can’t look at the phone. Let me know if it works. I’m also going through the same problem.

Waxwoman

Dear Shirish,
I was in a relationship with a guy for three years and wanted to get married to him. But now, he has broken up with me saying we are not compatible. I am so angry with him. I feel I have been used. I want to make him pay for using me. I want revenge. Any ideas?
—Preet

Dear Preet,
If you were in a mutual relationship, how has he “used” you? Are you a candle that he “used” and diminished?

Right Circle

Dear Shirish,
All my friends are very smart. I don’t understand a word of all the current affairs stuff they keep talking about like GDP, inflation, etc. I feel like the odd one out. I just keep nodding, but I don’t want them to know that I don’t understand anything. I want to appear intelligent in my friend circle. I have started wearing spectacles. It has helped a little, but not much. Anything else I can do to appear intelligent in my friend circle?
—Bagga

Dear Bagga,
Hang out with right-wingers.

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