Dirty Secret

 

Dirty Secret

Ramesh was damn busy watching the video on his mobile phone with his eyes fixed on the screen. For the last three years, this was his daily routine. After coming out of the office, having dinner, he spent the next two to three hours watching videos on porn sites on his mobile or laptop.

 

He had become badly addicted to surfing porn sites, watching videos on it and seldom chatting with a lady member from the link provided there. He was completely unable not to set himself apart from all this.

 

Ramesh worked as an Assistant Vice President at a large multinational IT company in Pune. He was popular among his peers and friends because of his ingenuity, ability and straightforward, simple nature. His wife, Rima, died of cancer four years ago.

 

Ramesh’s only daughter Rashi was studying engineering at IIT Powai. His lonely life after Rima's death was a mess. Days passed in his busy schedule. But when he came home in the evening, his time was not up. Similarly, Ramesh, who is no other addict, got addicted to watching porn sites.

 

It was midnight. He thought he should sleep now or else he would be late to the office next day. As soon as He stopped the video on mobile and set it aside, the email notification rang. To see whose mail it is, he opened the mailbox. He was badly sweating as he read the mail from anonymous Sender. His hands trembled.

 

Hi Ramesh,

We know the porn sites you watch daily. We are sending your Registered Username Password to your favorite site, so that you confirm that we know everything about your net behavior. We have also recorded your expressions from your webcam while visiting the sites. Think about what would happen if we send all these records to your office colleagues and your daughter. If you don’t want it to happen, you should transfer five thousand dollars in the form of bit coins in two days at the link given below.

Thanking you,

One of your well-wishers

 

After reading this email, Ramesh got disturbed. What to do He didn't understand. Immediately he came up with the idea of paying five thousand dollars to escape himself from the scandal. But before that he decided to speak to Shekhar, who was his close friend and colleague. He was in charge of the cyber security department at his company. As it was too late, he decided to talk to him tomorrow. Ramesh tried to sleep, but the mail was enough for him to spend the entire night sleepless

 

The next day he met Shekhar and told him all the facts without hiding any detail. Shekhar listened quietly and said, “Ramesh. It's not definitely good to watch porn sites. But the person who sent you the email doesn't seem to have your recorded video, because your laptop and mobile have been protected by anti-virus and anti-malware. But your data on any such site might be accessed by that blackmailer, as these porn sites use to record user's data and favorite stuff. Hackers use to sell the users’ data on the dark web by leaking it from these websites. I don't think anyone can defame you based on that data. But as a close friend of yours, one thing I would definitely suggest that you get the help of a psychiatrist to get out of this addiction to porn sites."

 

According to Shekhar's suggestion, Ramesh took two months' treatment of a renowned psychiatrist in Pune. Apart from the prescribed medicines, he kept himself completely away from the Internet for two months as a part of the treatment. At the same time, he engaged himself in reading good literature, meditation and pranayama.

 

Today, Ramesh is completely out of the dirty addiction of watching porn sites and leading a happy life.

©Kavita Datar