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How Kerala became nation’s first digitally literate state
Gulf News
|August 25, 2025
Digi Kerala programme helps state bridge digital divide
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For 73-year-old C Sarasu, a National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGN-REGS) worker from Pullamparaa in Kerala’s capital district Thiruvananthapuram, the digital world is no longer an alien space.
From running her own YouTube channel, 'Sarasu’s World', to watching reels, she now navigates the digital highway with ease.
Not too far away, 103-year-old Karunakara Panicker sits with his 74-year-old son Rajan watching the news on their mobile phones and staying updated through WhatsApp groups.
For 64-year-old Padmini, social media is the new adda. “Earlier, I used to scold my daughter for always being on the phone. Now she teases me for doing the same,” she says with a laugh.
This story is from the August 25, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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