Digital Didi Changing Mindsets, Practices and Narratives
Indra Devi is an artisan from Daydosar village in Barmer district of Rajasthan. She didn’t know how to use a smartphone and when her neighbour told her about DEF’s centre in the village she was excited to learn something new. She joined the digital training program after having a conversation with the centre coordinator. She was excited to learn about something she had been hearing about for the past couple of years, especially since the start of the pandemic. She wanted to know what she was missing out on by not going online.
Through the training program she learnt about online payments like Google Pay, PhonePe etc and she learnt how to receive and send money using these platforms. A new problem that has emerged in the digital age is that of misinformation and fake news and she also learnt how to identify fake news and real news. She has slowly gained confidence and is now reaching out to customers to sell her products online. She keeps a record of her customers and how much revenue she has been able to generate.
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