The Great Indian $35 Android Tablet Hoax?

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"Another nail in the coffin before this Android tablet lives to fulfill the Indian kids' dreams. Well, not exactly a nail in the coffin. The tablet might still be here, and at the price promised but the thing to note is how low the government can stoop to get bragging rights (and votes). The article elaborates how the IIT/IISC scientists weren't even aware that such a "project" existed and they were invited to be a part of it just a month before Mr. Kapil Sibal unveiled the epitome of Indian innovation to the world media, telling everyone with gusto how it was a brainchild of India's premier institutes backed by the revolutionary and modern government."

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