Western coverage and expatriate commentary often miss India’s realities. Firsthand observation offers a different picture—and a case for engagement grounded in respect.
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AI companies must take responsibility for harm caused by their systems. India needs enforceable liability, meaningful safeguards, and accountability for reckless deployment.
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For decades, institutions have been pressured to mirror Western universities. US university system has its strengths, but India should not copy its weaknesses
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AI can provide every child with a personalised tutor that speaks their mother tongue, adapts to their pace, and presents ideas through tailored pathways
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Next revolution will come from smaller models, specialised models, reasoning systems, neurosymbolic AI, edge AI, agentic workflows.
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Too much of Indian life sciences still operates as if the country’s highest calling is to serve as a low-cost execution arm for others
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When the idea of soul is reduced to data, something essential to being human is quietly erased
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The cyberwar has already begun — and India is not responding at the level the threat demands
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Trump seeks visible victories, which creates room to separate substance from optics for those who recognise the distinction
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The competition will not be won by those who build the largest models, but by those who design intelligence that works under real-world constraints
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Domestic entrepreneurs, and not returnees, have led the country’s economic transformation. Policy must prioritise nurturing domestic talent
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India doesn’t need to wait for institutions to take cues from western gatekeepers. The next generation is already innovating — and is not asking for permission
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New York mayor-elect’s campaign saw the community return to back the Democratic Party, the move driven by a need for respect and belonging
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One tweet from Washington could silence a billion Indian voices. New Delhi needs to look beyond WhatsApp and Meta
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True reform would have addressed the green-card backlog. But the US’s message that foreign talent is expendable has reversed brain drain, which benefits India
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Walking through the courtyards of the old Nalanda I thought about Manjhi’s ridge again — the chiseled rock, the village of dreamers, and this reborn university
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Shashi Tharoor is a dear friend. I have admired his wit, eloquence, and service to India for years. He is one of the most brilliant essayists we have, and one of the few who can write about foreign policy in a language that ordinary people actually enjoy reading.
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From regulatory reforms to rewarding research and discoveries instead of patients treated, the existing ecosystem needs many changes to be future-ready
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