Today British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who first proposed the Web in March 1989, said in a statement: “If we want a Web that is truly for everyone, then everyone must play a role in shaping its next 25 years.” He initiated "Web We Want Campaign" at webwewant.org and called on people to sign and join the campaign.

The power of the internet has made it possible for all of us to view any webpage freely. This phenomenon occurred on March 12, 1989 when British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN laboratories in Switzerland, penned a proposal for the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee is presently handling his role as Director of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Although the exact date is very much a subject of debate, the day when Berners-Lee submitted the proposal is widely accepted as the date on which the first quarter century of the World Wide Web is celebrated.

It is interesting to note that it was on the 6th of August 1991 when the first website http://info.cern.ch went live online. And today, 25 years in the making, we are reading this article to celebrate the silver jubilee of the World Wide Web. 

An avid social media fans, We love logging into our accounts to stay in touch with our personal and professional contacts. We constantly remind ourself every now and then that all this is possible now because of a smashing technological success - the internet - the world wide web, which spread its roots 25 years ago, a system that has allowed people across the world to share and access information on an unimaginable scale. Within a short period, it has successfully created a virtual world for ‘generation next’, and with promising prospects the world wide web has much more to offer to future generations.

It is also very evident that the web makes everything possible - from the way we research products or navigate locations and how we interconnect with colleagues to the way we find information. It has covered every aspect of our lives, inspiring us in many ways to live to the full.

Today, about 2.8 billion people (that’s 40% of world population) are connected to the Internet, and the numbers are constantly increasing. We are experiencing a great revolution in our lifetime, the web - an epic technological event in the history of human communications. 

Who could have ever imagined the massive impact the Berners-Lee invention would have on the whole world. And yes, without the World Wide Web - we all would never ever be able to read this article in the first place.