The Online Generation That Governments Can’t Ignore

Ram Manohar Lohia once warned that agar sadke suni ho jayengi to sansad awara ho jayegi meaning that if streets fall silent, Parliament will go astray. Those streets have found their parallel in social media in this modern era. Viral content, hashtags, and social campaigns are today’s versions of marches and sit-ins, transmitting the substance of popular protest straight to the seats of power.