Kalle Bhai – A man of many stories
Little Vishal Kumar, all of 13 years old and a student of Class VIII in the local Sheth Ganeshilal Government Senior Secondary School in Chandauli village loves to play online games and make friends on Facebook. He also has his own e-mail ID and is very much a part of the global community of Internet users. He comes from a family with a monthly household income of less than $100 (Rs 6,000). Thanks to connectivity provided by the DEF, little Vishal, in a short span of three months, has become fully proficient in using a computer as also the Internet. “I have got my certificate but I come every day. Knowing about computers from movies, TV ads and relatives in the cities, I used to think when I would ever get a chance to use computers. Playing computer games and surfing the Internet was just a dream. Now I can use computers everyday and yes I love playing online games,” he says with a bright smile on his face. “But I also use the Internet for knowing about subjects being taught in the school and I have also found out my Roll Number for the Class VIII board exams,” he says to emphasise that he now knows the world of information and how you can make good use of computers and the Internet to access and even generate information. Like Vishal, there are hundreds of other children at Chandauli who have taken to computers just as ducks take to water. A visit to Chandauli can be mind blowing as it can be an once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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