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This paper study and explore the viewpoint under which older adults (aged 60 and above) can be considered as a minority in the prevailing digital world. Older adults came across information and digital content through the digital media even though they are not fully capable of understanding such information and contents. Though the number of digital media or the internet users among senior citizens rise exclusively in the recent years, they still account to be the lesser number in comparison with age group younger than them. A qualitative form of in-depth interview was conducted among 11 respondents. Samples were collected among older adults who have access to the internet living inside the state of Mizoram under which every districts of Mizoram are present. The questions include the process in which older adults are represented in the digital media, limitations of content available for older adults and their views on the digital media. The findings showed that older adults are underrepresented in the internet; digital divide occurred which was influence by their socioeconomic background and content limitations lead to deprivation in knowledge and self-learning.