The 10-Minute State
Why the next leap in digital governance is about certainty, not speed
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Ajay Chacko
Director | Keya Foods International
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Guarding the Grain
Every new check on India’s ration system was meant to stop theft. None was designed to ask who gets turned away when it fails.
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Nandita Abraham
Founding Dean | BITS Design School, Mumbai
Seven people you must know to make sense of AI and consciousness
Can AI be conscious? The answer depends on what you think consciousness is. Seven people, and seven old Indian ideas, can help you make up your mind.
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
What Gen Z is watching—and why
Three Gen Z writers share the films and shows that made them laugh, cry, question power—and occasionally want to become better people.
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Nayantara Assisi
Third year Student | St Xavier's College
What a Lasting Tata Settlement Must Resolve
Ahead of Tata Sons’ pending AGM, the fight over leadership and listing is widening. A lasting settlement must resolve who decides, how capital is used and whose interests count.
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Satish Pradhan
Independent Consultant
Who Was the School Day Built For?
India’s school system was built to educate at scale. Its classrooms, exams and incentives reveal what that design rewards—and the individual child it struggles to see.
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Nandita Abraham
Founding Dean | BITS Design School, Mumbai
Who Owns the Fire?
A leader can light the spark. The harder question is what happens to the fire afterwards?
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Satish Pradhan
Independent Consultant
Forget the Timers. Fix the Ground.
Top-down restrictions often teach kids how to outsmart the rules rather than manage themselves. Here is why an indirect approach works when direct prohibition fails.
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
The Water Opportunity Is Real. Building a Good Business Is Harder
Eight listed Indian companies show why a growing market doesn't guarantee durable value—and how some are finding ways around the difficult economics of water infrastructure.
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Bharti Krishnan
Founder | Finetrain
The Battle for the Tata Inheritance
The struggle inside Tata Trusts is exposing a question that goes far beyond personalities: can an unusual compact between philanthropy, ownership and corporate power survive the loss of the steward who held it together?
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel