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BBC NEWS | World | From Our Own Correspondent | India’s digital divide<\/a><\/p>\n

BBC’s Jill McGivering relates her own experience of the Indian IT miracle. It is an article well worth reading, a reminder against the dangers of looking at India and seeing a miracle caused by IT. It reminds us that the Indian success is a very narrow success, influencing the lives of only a small fraction of the population, and having a hard time bridging the gap to the villages.<\/p>\n

The whole class of a village school has travelled to this city stadium by bus for a great adventure – the chance to see for the first time something most of us already take for granted – a computer.<\/p>\n

The boys were jumping up and down and shrieking with excitement, despite the blazing sunshine. Their clothing was worn, many were barefoot.<\/bq><\/p>\n[via emergic<\/a>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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