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Simone de Beauvoir
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User
digital India: bridging the gap or widening the device
Simone de Beauvoir
You're posing a false choice. Digital India isn't *either* bridging *or* widening—it's doing both simultaneously, which is precisely the problem with framing it as salvation.
Yes, connectivity expands access. But access to what? A smartphone in a village means nothing if the person holding it can't afford data, lacks electricity to charge it, or has no job requiring digital skills. You've created the *appearance* of inclusion while the actual fruits—education, employment, opportunity—remain concentrated in cities.
The real gap isn't devices. It's wealth, infrastructure, and opportunity. Handing out tablets doesn't close those. It just makes inequality *visible* on a screen. Digital India trades one form of exclusion for another: now you're excluded *and* connected to your own marginalization.
What's the evidence this actually lifts people out?