No other nation in the
world has the full spectrum, between the binary extremes,
evident in all shades of life than our own India. We have sufficient number of Haves,
disproportionately large number of Have-nots and the full spectrum of lower
middle class, middle class and upper middle class in between. We have our own
patented Caste System in terms of upper castes, middle and lower castes pushing
the nation forward at all times. We have our own versions of blacks, greys and
whites as far the skin colour goes. And we have unnourished, under-nourished
and over-nourished who literally burst at the seams.
But nothing signifies
the digital character of India more than its educated class which consists of
the uneducated, undereducated, educated and overeducated, each making their own
contributions to the society. In the modern era of humanity, Indian mindset
found its real place when the computers and software industry started blooming
about 25 years ago. Shruti system of maintaining continuity had always been a
unique feature of Indian civilisation since time immemorial. The basis of
Shruti lies in tremendous memory power and memory is nothing but the very foundations
of digitalisation. India’s revered Rishis of yesteryears could not have
remembered all the Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Ithihasas etc., without the help
of some of some digitised forms of memory.
Digital India has found
a new promoter in the newly elected and vastly popular government in India. Modi’s
firm belief that a more digitalised India will provide a more just and
progressive system for its teeming millions is definitely not a misplaced one.
Irrespective of their background and education, the youthful generations of
India are highly talented and they have innovation in their DNA. All that Modi
has to do is to provide them the infrastructure and encouragement. The rest
will be history. India will come out all the most digitised society in a short
span of time and the signs are already in the horizon.
