How the pursuit of leisure drives internet use (original) (raw)
Briefing | A global timepass economy
Movies, not grain prices, are bringing the poor world online
Jun 8th 2019|MADHOGARH, MUMBAI AND SAN FRANCISCO
THE CHIEF of Madhogarh, a picturesque village nestled beneath a 17th-century fortified palace in the heart of Rajasthan, came to Indra Sharma three years ago to ask if she would attend a workshop. “Something about the internet,” Ms Sharma, a 40-year-old child-care worker, recalls. She had no particular interest in this internet thing. But she liked the idea of learning something new, so she went along. She and a handful of women from nearby villages were all given a smartphone and some basic lessons in how to use it.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “A global timepass economy”
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