India has built a global reputation as a major player in information technology, but lack of Internet access among its own citizens is posing a threat to long-term growth.
One typical young Indian frustrated by the country's poor Internet facilities is Srishti Sharma, 18, a student at the elite Lady Shri Ram college in the capital New Delhi.
"There are times when you desperately need to do some research using the net, and the only place you can go to is the library which is packed since there are only about ten computers there," she said.
Instead Sharma lugs her laptop out of the college grounds to Internet cafes and pays for access to a wi-fi connection.
"Almost every day I have to leave campus to do my work. It's really irritating, you end up wasting so much time going back and forth," the political science student said.
In many ways, Sharma is among the lucky ones as India's 1.2 billion people scramble to reap the benefits of the country's economic transformation. More...
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