1st July will count as one of those Lifetime moments of my life. That day I got to fulfil a dream, beyond any expectations, and meet our Prime-minister Shri Narendra Modiji. a surreal experience, which seems almost like a dream now.

thoughts on the meeting and what the PM said, I will try and blog later.

I was also extremely fortunate to be given an opportunity to say a few words in front of the PM, and I chose to speak on Social media and the way it is opening up new frontiers for governance and my expectation from the same.

this is the short statement I gave in the meet:

Thank you for the invite to meet the Prime-minister and also for the opportunity to speak a few words.

Social media and information technology has indeed given us, the people, a voice in public matters and governance. The major plus point is the 2-way communication/ inter-action. This makes it very dynamic, very fast and also result oriented.

With increasing penetration of IT, through phones, and its very easy acceptability in the furthest reaches of the country, digitisation will be a very important tool of development and also enable the development to take place faster, and be targeted better.

I am sure the My-Gov platform will be used to effectively advertise the various schemes being launched by the Govt. Thus enabling it reaches the lowest strata of society and the dream of of us "Antyodaya" is realised at the earliest.

Thank you.

with jelly legs, rapid heartbeats and 10 minutes to prepare, not sure if it made any sense to anyone.