Once upon a time in 1990’s when Computers were introduced by the then Prime Minister Late Rajiv Gandhi, the whole country was in dilemma whether to accept this new technology or not. If we would accept it, it would surely beneficial for the betterment of our lives but at the cost of cutting of labor which was working in industrial and service sectors on a large scale. But the technology was never waited to be accepted as it was in the hands of the profit oriented businesses in our country and they brought it in and celebrated the superficial development of our Nation. Tons of typewriters were thrown in scrap and millions of workers thrown out of the real development process. The gap then made was never filled. Some of it’s scenario definitely changed when the children of the thrown labor realized that their existence is not depend on what they desire anymore but now it is depend upon where the wind flows, so some of them worked hard, made their ways to swim along with current of the ocean. But the gap is still persists in this “future Super Power” country and the gap is between is, many time said, many people said, the gap between ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’.

As we opposed Two State policy by British Government, we also have to oppose this “Two Names” of our country. When we say that our country believes in Solidarity, equality and brotherhood, this two Names divides the nation in two large and a small parts. It will not be an understatement that large number of India sets in Rural area, that is Bharat. That Bharat  need to be brought in the limelight as India is becoming illuminating itself at the cost of the energy of this Rural area.

I must mention the saying and calls made by 2 ultimate leaders of our nation, one is Mahatma Gandhi and other is Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Mahatma Gandhi gave a call to the nation to “move towards Villages”. It was heard by many Gandhians as it was defined to build “Hind Swaraj” as the Gandhiji’s dream which in turn was a protest against the products of British companies. Gandhiji wanted to be self-reliant and he urged to make everything in our homes and village in the pattern of small industries. Many of the people moved to villages but focus remained on the Charkha and only on the cloths made by the threads which are carved from the charkha. Many things and products needed in daily life remained unnoticed, like paper, Earthern Pots, Shoes, Furniture etc. Or in another words we can say that these things were being made in different cottage industries but it never got the glamour as the thread and cloth of Khadi got due to Gandhiji’s own work on charkha.



On the other hand Dr. B. R. Ambedkar give a call to his untouchable people to “move towards Cities as the Villages are the warehouses of cast system”. Dr. Ambedkar many times gave a call through his writings and speeches to upper caste people to change their mentality and accept the Dalits as the human being and as one of them, not as the banished class. But the upper caste was not ready for the change and Babasaheb gave the call to leave the villages which were the warehouses of the caste systems. We can see that Gandhiji’s movement of self-reliant could not focus on the other products other than khadi due to the same reason. The people of lower caste were the self-reliant in themselves, the only thing was that they were not treated in the manner to treat a human. So they left the villages and settled in cities. They were not been asked for their caste in the cities and it was more helpful to develop their skill as the workers in industries.

 

 

Even after Gandhiji’s call there were less people remained in the village to achieve the goal of self-reliant and Hind Swaraj, Gandhiji played his role to achieve what he wanted to on the basis of Charkha. And Babasaheb achieved what he dreamt of for the respectful life of Dalits. After independence the whole scenario has changed as the Conversion of Dalits into Buddhism took place, untouchability started vanishing gradually years after year though it still prevails in the mindset. But it is not as spiky as it was in pre independence era.

Now the technology has made the two different classes of techno savvy and no-tech literate. The no-tech literate are the new versions of the Untouchables because they can’t even touch the smallest technology and it is due to the gap we mentioned previously. We see the ill effect of this gap during the demonetization process 2 years back when the UPA government announced to make India Cashless. It was announced when people are not versed with how to send message on mobile. Government just announced and made the panic situation in the No-tech literate people as how they are going to survive. Finally Government has to take a back because they have no other option but to first literate the people and introduce a system which they can easily understand.  

This gap is not only the problem of India; it is the problem of world wide. Trillions of people are remain away from the technology and it is due to neo technology prevails and grow in the boundaries of big cities and the remaining people are getting more and more non reachable.



It was not the dream of the father of World Wide Web i.e. WWW. He dreamt of making world closer but the world left the unreached people behind and it got expanding day by day. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, appealed on Monday that is on 5th October 2018 for companies and governments not to leave behind half of the world population yet to have internet access, which includes billions of women and girls. At Europe's largest technology conference Berners-Lee addressed to nearly 70000 people that he invented the World Wide Web in 1989 to connect Humanity to Technology and it did accomplish its motive on the initial stage.  But he sadly addressed that his child is going Awry, with fake news, issues with privacy, hate speeches and political Polarisation.  All these have nothing to do with the basic problems of living. This is simply growing digital divide between those in richer and poorer people and countries. “Everything we do ... to make the web more powerful, it means we increase the digital divide. We've an obligation to look after both parts of the world,” Berners-Lee, 63 submits its emotions for his child.

He called on companies and governments to join a "contract for the web" by next May in order to rebuild trust in the internet and find new ways to monetise, regulate and ensure fair and affordable access to the online world.

Berners-Lee highlighted studies showing that half of the world population will be online by next year - but the rate of take-up was slowing considerably, potentially leaving billions cut off from government services, education and public debate. 

The differences between the classes have taken the giant avtar of terminator because if the governments could not involve the end people in the procedure of progress it will never become a super power. India, itself need to be a casteless first then there will be no time remain to be a cashless Bharat. Need to not only think but to act on the individual level too.