Monday, October 08, 2007
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I really liked the article about Bangalore that was entitled"Indian Slum Dwellers Given a Voice". This is just another example of people gaining a voice that they would otherwise not have if it weren't for technology and todays rapid growth of it. Poor people all over the world usually don't get a voice, or are never given the opportunity to have it heard by anyone outside the slums. But now in Bangalore word has risen out of hardship and now people are aware. "Published in the local Kannada language, the black-and-white monthly journal has caught the imagination of young and old slum-dwellers not only in Bangalore but also in towns like Mysore, Mandya, Davangere and Hospet.The circulation has touched 2,500. The response is very encouraging"(Beary) This reminds me of reading about the first newspaper to come out of the ghettos of Jamaica in the early 60's. This newspaper in Bangalor is also kind of like the blogs that we saw from Burma. It is giving an unspoken people a voice to be heard.
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A good post.
I posted this article to Blackboard to try to show you the other side of this Indian tech mecca. Bangalore is two cities, one for the economic elite and another for the poor. We need to recognize both the growth of both populations. Will the digital revolution that makes Bangalore prosperous raise the living standards of the urban poor as well?
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I posted this article to Blackboard to try to show you the other side of this Indian tech mecca. Bangalore is two cities, one for the economic elite and another for the poor. We need to recognize both the growth of both populations. Will the digital revolution that makes Bangalore prosperous raise the living standards of the urban poor as well?
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