THE Toilet Seat Rodin's Blog

I took this picture from a friend’s FB album. It is so symbolic of life in Indian countryside that it says more than a thousand words. To me, this image speaks of the incredible sense of community that Indian villages have. In yesteryears, the villagers used to sit around a peepul tree, share a communal hukkah, and discuss the matters affecting their lives. Today, they crowd around a computer and look up the matters affecting their lives- weather patterns, crop prices in wholesale markets, and so on. Our naivete, our childlike sense of wonder, and our marvel at the wonders of technology makes us think that the guy who runs the computer is some kind of a wizard. No wonder only half the people are actually looking at the computer screen, the other half are looking at the guy operating it. And no wonder that the guy farthest from the computers is sulking! That’s the way we are!   The world may call us a third-world country, or condescendingly, a developing one, but the so called...