In 2015, when Sundar Pichai took over, Google was worth 35 times more than Nvidia. Today, Nvidia is worth $1 trillion more than Alphabet and is growing far faster than Google. Google's own researchers wrote the 2017 paper on the Transformer, the technology behind modern AI, but it was OpenAI that built ChatGPT on it, while all eight authors of the paper left Google. Research without a breakthrough product isn't leadership. Most of Google's revenue still comes from Search, built before him, YouTube, bought in 2006, and Android, built by Andy Rubin and bought in 2005. Pichai was probably the wrong choice as CEO of Alphabet.

Does a person remain a Brahmin even after acquiring US citizenship?

Europe and the UK can't compete, so their next move: gang up and force China to re-appreciate the yuan, to jack up the exchange value of the yuan. A cheap, nasty trick to bring down a country they can't outcompete. They pulled exactly this on Japan when they couldn't compete, and you know what happened: Japan's international exports collapsed. If Europe and the UK can't compete, they'll pull the same trick, but the yuan's re-appreciation in the developing countries will have startling effects, and their economies will collapse.

US should make diversity policy about lineage, not colour. American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) built the US unpaid, then fought generations of Jim Crow and redlining to win civil rights and affirmative action. Those gains were meant as repair for them. Instead, "people of colour" became a catch-all. Immigrants from many countries who don't look white arrive, get counted in the same box, and fill the targets ADOS fought for. At Ivy League schools, 41% of Black students were immigrants or their children, though they're only about 13% of young Black Americans. Newcomers didn't inherit slavery. Repair should go to those who were harmed.

Venkat, Sterlite wasn't stopped by any "tribe." It was stopped by its own record. In 2013 the Supreme Court fined Anil Agarwal's Vedanta-owned Sterlite ₹100 crore for polluting Thoothukudi and for running for years without a valid pollution consent. It found emissions above legal limits, and that the company had suppressed facts from the court. It still didn't change. Copper slag was dumped at 11 sites, including private land next to a river, and hazardous waste was handled without authorisation. In 2018, 13 people protesting the plant were shot dead by police. Tamil Nadu shut it down, and in 2024 the Supreme Court upheld the closure, saying public health comes first. Even then, the court noted that the pollution board had shown a "lack of alacrity." That is how Indian corporates pollute without paying. Agarwal's Lanjigarh refinery in Odisha began a sixfold expansion without clearance and illegally enclosed 26 hectares of forest land, according to the government's own 2010 panel. Kanpur's tanneries were fined ₹280 crore in 2019 for dumping chromium into the Ganga. Regulators act late, and fines are small next to the profits. Accountability isn't anti-development. A country that lets companies poison its people won't build a world-class economy. Name one large economy that mined its way to the top.

.@Starlink is the future. Those who allegedly obstruct it want to keep India backward to serve their own interests, just like they want protectionism across businesses so that Indians are denied access to modern technology and forced to remain stuck with their shitty, age-old products.

Any company with a turnover of Rupees 1,000 crore or more should not be allowed to enter unrelated businesses. Unchecked conglomeration kills competition, discourages new entrepreneurs and undermines a level playing field. India needs suitable amendments to competition law and the fundamental right to carry on any trade or business under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution to prevent excessive corporate concentration and protect fair competition.

India permitting Starlink

India must never be turned into another Bangladesh. Any attempt to destabilise the country or undermine constitutional governance must be crushed at its inception. India is a constitutional democracy governed by the rule of law. Any act of violence or genuine threat to national security must be dealt with firmly and strictly in accordance with the law. There must be no tolerance for anarchy.

“When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives, there was a great deal of justification for unconstitutional methods. But where constitutional methods are open, there can be no justification for these unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us.” -Baba Sahab Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Constituent Assembly, 25 November 1949

A few Indian @X accounts are campaigning against @Starlink in India as if the Indian government were contracting with SpaceX for Starshield for defence and offensive military purposes. Starlink in India would serve civilian internet connectivity, while Starshield is designed for defence and national security applications. Even if India does not permit Starlink, it cannot simply assume that SpaceX’s LEO satellites will cease operating over Indian skies or that their activities can be monitored or controlled for every purpose. If India permits Starlink to operate, it can hold @SpaceX and Starlink accountable under applicable Indian laws and regulations. Without permission, India would have far fewer regulatory tools to exercise direct oversight over their operations. Allowing Starlink offers more benefits, including access to its services, than denying permission and having no regulatory oversight over its operations in India. India already has substantial defence capabilities and does not need SpaceX or Starlink to meet its core defence requirements.

I am worried about the future of Indian companies. They are failing in imagination and innovation. Innovate, commercialise and serve the people, or perish. Save Indian companies before it is too late!

Anand Mahindra claims that Mahindra developed a diesel hybrid car in 2006, two decades ago, but never put it into production. In his reply to me, he said, “Didn’t commercialise it because the market simply wasn’t ready.” I am not arguing with his reasoning. That was his decision. But the market will never be ready unless you make it ready. Innovation should mesmerise people, create demand and make them ready to embrace new technology. Look at it from a different perspective. Toyota has introduced hybrid technology across several models in India. The Fortuner already has a mild-hybrid version in some markets including in India, and a plug-in hybrid version would represent another step in electrification. If you truly innovate, you must find a way to bring that innovation to the market and make it accessible to people. Look at Elon Musk's promise to bring the Tesla Roadster into production, with 2028 being the announced target. Innovation should serve people, not remain confined to laboratories, prototypes or company presentations. An invention that never reaches the public may remain an experiment or an unrealised commercial opportunity, regardless of its technical merit. Innovation is not just about inventing something. It is about turning that invention into a product that people can actually use.

This is called innovation, not buying steel from Kalinganagar or Sakchi and putting it on wheels. TeslaX