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EPISODE · May 9, 2019 · 33 MIN

What Happens When a Billion Indians Finally Get Online? - May 9, 2019

from Deep Dish on Global Affairs · host Brian Hanson, Ravi Agrawal, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

The spread of internet-connected smartphones in India is upending everything from jobs and marriage to politics and education. In 2000, only 20 million Indians had internet access. By 2020, more than 700 million will. Ravi Agrawal, author of India Connected, joins Deep Dish to explain how the smartphone is transforming the world's largest democracy.

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