This post refers to the recent Mobile Application launch by the Gujarat wing of Congress for poll publicity in Gujarat.
Considering the soon to be held elections, the Gujarat chapter of Congress has launched a mobile application for Android, Blackberry, I phone etc etc. And even though i appreciate their efforts to be getting technologically advanced, but the question is: who is the target ?
In a country like ours, where we have more than 30 percent people below poverty line, more than 60 percent not even earning 2 dollars a day, how many people actually have these smart phones ? The rich and elite who already have access to all sorts of media and don't necessarily need a mobile application to tell them about party agendas.
This also reflects one of the biggest problems of our society today : the gross Inequality especially in economic scales.
And instead of putting resources for pleasing the elite, wherever possible more and more efforts should be placed to get the economically weak sections to catch up with the others (irrespective of their caste, creed or religion).
Considering the soon to be held elections, the Gujarat chapter of Congress has launched a mobile application for Android, Blackberry, I phone etc etc. And even though i appreciate their efforts to be getting technologically advanced, but the question is: who is the target ?
In a country like ours, where we have more than 30 percent people below poverty line, more than 60 percent not even earning 2 dollars a day, how many people actually have these smart phones ? The rich and elite who already have access to all sorts of media and don't necessarily need a mobile application to tell them about party agendas.
This also reflects one of the biggest problems of our society today : the gross Inequality especially in economic scales.
And instead of putting resources for pleasing the elite, wherever possible more and more efforts should be placed to get the economically weak sections to catch up with the others (irrespective of their caste, creed or religion).
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