Get, set, tweet for a social cause

Is the ease of using Twitter and Facebook giving rise to a growing breed of armchair activists? Does such activism bring about any social change at all?

On Saturday, some members of the city's Twitter community at Bandra came together at a discussion hosted by organisers of the initiative, Jaago Re - One Billion Votes. The campaign was successful in influencing a large section of youngsters to vote during the last assembly elections. NGOs and social institutions, however, have been worried about the Internet's ability to make netizens complacent with lighting virtual candles and signing online petitions.