June 29, 2024
BRICS: Uniting Giants on Shaky Geopolitical Ground
As BRICS weighs expansion and challenges dollar dominance, China-India border disputes and internal rivalries threaten t
March 16, 2024
Serum Institute of India: The World's Vaccine Giant
Founded by a horse breeder in 1966, the Serum Institute of India became the world's largest vaccine maker, producing bil
February 27, 2024
Asia's Electric Revolution: The Quiet Takeover of E-Scooters
In China, India, and Indonesia, electric two-wheelers and rickshaws are outpacing cars, cutting emissions and city pollu
February 24, 2024
The Global Aging Challenge: Thriving Amid Demographic Shifts
Thailand grows old before it grows rich while India's young workforce offers a demographic dividend, reshaping growth pr
January 27, 2024
Nikhil Kamath: From Chess to Disrupting India's Trading Market
How a high-school dropout chess prodigy co-founded Zerodha, India's largest brokerage, by attacking the country's high b
January 13, 2024
Flipkart vs Amazon: The Battle for India's E-Commerce Throne
How homegrown Flipkart, backed by Walmart's $16 billion stake, battles Amazon for India's online retail market set to qu
January 9, 2024
From Dropout to Billionaire: Gautam Adani's Rise to Riches
How Gautam Adani left school at 16, moved to Mumbai with a few hundred rupees, started in diamond trading, and built the
November 30, 2023
Apple's Bold Bet on India: The iPhone Manufacturing Shift
Apple's move to make the iPhone 14 in India diversifies production beyond China, taps a growing middle class, and reduce
November 27, 2023
India's Failed Computer Revolution: Lessons in Self-Reliance
Indiaβs 1960s push via ECIL and the Department of Electronics to build a homegrown computer industry stumbled, offering
October 31, 2023
India's Geopolitical Balancing Act in a Polarized World
With a $3T+ economy, India courts both the US, its top trading partner at $190B, and Russia, source of 70% of its milita
October 31, 2023
WazirX: The Meteoric Rise of India's Largest Crypto Exchange
Mumbai coder Nischal Shetty founded WazirX in 2018 to make crypto trading accessible in India; within two years Binance
October 30, 2023
Why Apple's iPhone Strategy Is Failing in India
With per-capita GDP near $1,939 and 75% of phones sold under $250, Apple's high prices and a 30% local-sourcing rule sta
October 30, 2023
India's Demonetization: Chaos, Innovation, and Politics
Modi's sudden 2016 ban on 500 and 1,000 rupee notes wiped out 86% of cash overnight, sparking chaos at banks while aimin
October 30, 2023
Vedanta-Foxconn's India Semiconductor Venture and Self-Reliance
Backed by India's $10 billion incentive plan offering up to 50% fab support, Vedanta and Foxconn's joint venture aims to
October 17, 2023
The Untapped Potential of India's Economy
With a young, skilled workforce and a booming service sector, India could leapfrog manufacturing to become a global econ