Online voices of offline people
The challenge is to make digital media perpetually democratic and universally accessible, without discrimination
Off the beaten track
For some people, their true calling is all about giving something back to society
A WhatsApp district collector
The district collector of Bokaro has integrated the use of WhatsApp to manage the administration of the district
Getting people their due
There are a lot of government schemes, but those who are supposed to benefit from them don’t always know their entitlement
The weavers of Barabanki
Using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds in clusters that are typically based on traditional skills has tremendous possibilities
Lovebirds and their tech connect
Digital access changes lives in more than one manner
Compassion: A new administrative tool
Kozhikode district collector N. Prasanth conducts administration through civil society participation and social media. He calls the movement ‘Compassionate Kozhikode’
Automating the ration shops
Only Chhattisgarh and Odisha have shown extraordinary success in making public distribution system work efficiently and equitably
Including the Agariyas
In the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, mirrors are one way to reach out to each other
Social media can save folk and oral wisdom
This article was first published in the Mint newspaper on March 2, 2016. This is a story of communities whose world of knowledge, skills and wisdom lies in oral and audio visual communication. Despite being functional illiterates, their current generation is fast adopting digital tools and media to leverage their traditional skills, like folk music—not just…