Wonder who is he talking to?

"The Dirt Road to the Information Superhighway"

from SPIEGEL ONLINE was a good read about globalization. However, what was interesting was this picture of an Indian Monk with his begging bowl, a cigerette and his Cell Phone? I wonder who is he talking to? Is it God? Is it the other Monks inside his Network?
And I imagined him coming up to me in the streets of Haridwar and saying "Please give me 10 rupees (about 23 cents in Indian money). I need to recharge my cell phone minutes".