On 28 November 2011 09:24, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) raju@linux-delhi.org wrote:
The problems that the UIDAI claims to solve are social, political, economic, systemic. For those, you need solutions that are social, political, economic and systemic.
Very well said - you have managed to say in 25 words what I couldn't convey in over 25 emails. :-)
Expecting technology to magically solve India's problems is like throwing atta, ghee, sugar and dry fruits into a pan, heating it and expecting laddoos as a result.
The real purpose of Aadhar is to leverage what technology is good at - remembering things, crunching numbers, matching patterns etc. You can see how the members of Team Anna is being targeted by the government machinery - Aadhar makes such targeted ad hominem attacks ridiculously easy. What Aadhar is intended to solve is not India's problems, but the problems of the "ruling class".
Binand
PS: "Somebody who once met V. S. Achuthanandan once had more than Rs. 1 crore in his bank account. Hence VS is corrupt" - happening in Kerala currently.