India, Jan. 24 -- The Cambridge Dictionary explains the adjective 'Yawning' as something that describes a difference or amount that is extremely large and difficult to reduce. That should explain why the 'digital divide' is, so often, and so aptly, called a 'yawning gap'.

But maybe there is more to it. It is also a boring gap to go after that makes you yawn. After all, why should it matter if some people stay in the 'digital dark'? As long as our metro cities, deep-pocketed urbanites and smartphone-wielding teenagers are plugged in, everything is "ka-Ching".

Well, not exactly.

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