‘The Internet existed during Mahabarata’, Tripura CM, Biplab Kumar Deb, said this and almost broke the Indra-net, I mean, the internet, with his historic insight. Deb believes that in the Mahabharata, Sanjay must have been updating the blind king Dhritarashtra about the battle in Kurukshetra via live video on the internet. That must’ve been some epic internet connection, considering we still have to buffer for an hour before a do minute ka video.
Let’s go back to the future, and see how the internet must’ve been used in Mahabharata.
1. Talk About Cloud Storage
2. Joining the Hangout
3. Finding ‘Var’ in a Spur
4. Consoled with PlaySthan
5. God Positioning System
6. Chakravyuh of Fake News
7. Everybody is an Admin
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