India’s AI frontier, a brain drain flare-up at home, and the world without religion

This week, India’s AI ambitions make a decisive leap as Sarvam unveils a 105-billion parameter foundational model. Back home, Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu reignites the brain drain debate with sharp…

Smaller models, sovereign intelligence

Part 2 of 2: Why India’s AI future may run through the edge, not the frontier In Part 1 of this series, we argued that India’s MANAV Vision has a…

Africa’s resources aren’t a curse or a cure — governance is the real mineral

Today, we stand at a crossroads where the geography of wealth meets the geometry of power. When we discuss the geopolitical economy of the Global South, one term frequently anchors…

The N in MANAV is the hard part

Part 1 of 2: Why India’s AI future may run through the edge, not the frontier At the India AI Impact Summit on February 19, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Summits & realities

There’ll be no global cooperation in AI. But Indian entrepreneurs can pick their niches Around this time six years ago, world was waking up to dangers of a brand-new virus.…

Apple a day

Though not quite the ‘Mother of deals’ as the Indo-EU trade pact was gushingly described, the Indo-US handshake on trade might, continuing the family analogy, be called the Auntyji of…

Aadi Anant: From here to eternity

By Narayani Ganesh From Dec to mid-Jan, Chennai is a mecca for music lovers with its hugely popular festival of performing arts, culminating in Pongal festivities that celebrate the harvest.…

‘If it works for India, it’ll work globally’

Functionality across a big country’s diverse income levels, geographies, languages, and infra constraints is a great test for every technology’s resilience & adaptability, writes ex-CEO of Niti Aayog India is…

Top ten & top tensions

This tech is not a story about LLMs & machines, but about less than a dozen people, who’re often battling each other, shaping how the tech evolves. Subplot: who will…

Epstein Pals & ‘Epsteining’

Andrew’s arrest says something good about UK. But no one, anywhere, is investigating the real story Royals are a big deal for the Brit establishment. Therefore UK cops arresting Andrew…