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 gap at its centre. Data sovereignty without model sovereignty is incomplete. And trying to close that gap by racing to build a single national large…
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 conversation: Resource Nationalism. It is the assertion of state sovereignty over natural wealth. And there is perhaps no more dramatic, or cautionary, case study…
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 unveiled a vision he called MANAV. The acronym is elegant: moral systems, accountable governance, national sovereignty, accessible and inclusive technology, and valid and legitimate systems….
These days when I am retired, I remember and recollect the dramatic changes which occurred in so many areas during my Naval career and what seemed so difficult and unimplementable smoothly formed part of the system. Perhaps there was a collective will and inherent discipline and more so, the change was beneficial to the…
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. Was Covid a manmade pandemic? We still don’t know. What we do know is that AI, which is in its infancy, already has, or is…
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 deals, or bearing Uncle Sam in mind, the Chachaji of deals. While Indian exporters have welcomed it, as have HarleyDavidson enthusiasts, Opposition has slammed the…
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. One such concert by Ashwini Bhide of the Jaipur Gharana, organised by National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), stood out not only for a…
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 among the world’s largest producers and consumers of data. Hundreds of millions of users interact daily across platforms spanning finance, commerce, health, education, mobility, and…
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 be remembered & who’ll be forgotten Whether AI will replace, destroy or continue to serve us, we do not know yet. But this much is…
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 – an ex-prince is still a big deal – speaks to some institutional integrity, especially when in other countries, US included, no Epstein pal is…