Connected Stories for the Smartphone Age
The stories in India Connected paint a colourful picture of contemporary Indian life, every story woven seamlessly with the next. The author shadowed some of his characters for months, even years
One of my favourite characters in this book is Abdul Wahid, the son of a Kolkata dhaba-owner, who learnt English on his smartphone. His teacher is an app, Hello English, and it ranked him number one among 15 million users worldwide in 2015. That app and the smartphone helped transform this 25-year-old into a teacher-CEO running a busy
