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16.10.2002 In the same Gujarat district that recently triggered off a series of communal riots in the Indian state, thousands of villagers are enjoying the benefits of the Internet. A project has put online existing computers in dairy farms and PCO booths, which are now used to supply to villagers printouts of almost all types of government forms.

08.10.2002 Technology is creating opportunities for many people in developing countries, but one of the most exciting trends is empowering women to use mobile phones and improve their livelihoods. Mobile phones in Gazipur -- a village on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh -- are allowing women to establish small businesses.

08.10.2002 Consuela Mosquera, a small woman farmer in one of Peru's poorest provinces, Cajamarca, was mortally scared to touch a computer. A few months and training later, she is surfing the net for better production and processing methods for potatoes, barley and oca. Similarly, many other residents are using information technologies for furthering their businesses.

07.10.2002 A unique Gram-Phone project using an ultra-low cost telephony has been successfully executed in Kalleda, a remote village in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. The initiative may well revolutionize the reach of rural telephony in the country.

06.10.2002 A fragile woman sitting in front of a computer in this tiny village is engrossed in the text and the images that keep changing on the screen. She scans the Net for news developments around the world as others watch her unbelievingly. They are surprised for the simple reason that she looks far away from an educated woman and definitely not the one who can dabble with computer and Internet.