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A journey through Pompeii, Tuscany, Florence and Rome becomes a meditation on art, memory, and the fragile permanence of human endeavour
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Why India’s systems keep interrupting its own momentum

Ajay Chacko
Director | Keya Foods International
One month in, the limits of conventional military power are being laid bare. As a “dual chokehold” on global energy flows emerges, the old security umbrella of the Gulf states is being dismantled. It is forcing a permanent re-pricing of both regional and global risk.

Vivek Y. Kelkar
Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability
A journey through Pompeii, Tuscany, Florence and Rome becomes a meditation on art, memory, and the fragile permanence of human endeavour

Uma Narain
Former Founding Dean | School of Liberal Arts, NMIMS University
Why the Gulf crisis may be India’s moment for the next phase of reform

Haresh Chawla
Investor | Entrepreneur

From Hormuz to Dalal Street, a distant conflict is quietly reshaping risk for Indian investors—and exposing the limits of “India-only” portfolios

Anindya Dutta
Founder | Two Roads and author

As AI agents embed intelligence into systems, the real shift is not automation—but how knowledge is owned, shared, and scaled across organisations

Arjo Basu
Systems thinker & technologist | Entrepreneur

A conversation between Charles Assisi and Shrinath V on rebuilding Founding Fuel

Charles Assisi
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
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A journey through Pompeii, Tuscany, Florence and Rome becomes a meditation on art, memory, and the fragile permanence of human endeavour

From Hormuz to Dalal Street, a distant conflict is quietly reshaping risk for Indian investors—and exposing the limits of “India-only” portfolios

Chaos, craft and the return of the auteur
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Director | Keya Foods International

Researcher, Analyst & Columnist on Geo-economics, Geopolitics and Sustainability

Investor | Entrepreneur

Systems thinker & technologist | Entrepreneur

Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel

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