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Internet has potential to realise Gandhi's dream: Sudheendra

New Delhi, Oct 1: Mahatma Gandhi's philosophies could act as a powerful tool to help create a new just and peaceful world in the age of the Internet, according to author Sudheendra Kulkarni who elaborates

With various social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter taking over the "real world," Kulkarni writes about the importance of physical interactions between human beings.




"Gandhi would have certainly cautioned people against it because it reduces netizens' real social contact. People need real social interactions to both experience and enjoy life. These interactions are needed also for individuals to perform their indispensable duties toward communities and societies," he writes.

The author also seeks to dispel the notion that Gandhi was anti-technology and points out that the Bapu endorsed any new development and technology that was beneficial to humankind and that had its morals and ethics in place.



"Science and Spirituality were two sides of the same coin for him. The Mahatma was a romantic scientist," says Kulkarni.

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