Durgesh Singh

Had two pieces of good news this week. The man who cleans our cars asked me for a loan. And our house help of many years told us she might leave next year. Let me explain why this is good news. He needed the loan because his son, an engineer, just got a job in Europe. I’ll admit, I was surprised. That surprise says more about my assumptions than about him. And the lady, her husband has started a food stall. It’s doing so well, they’re hiring someone and planning to open another. And if things go as planned, they’ll start a cloud kitchen together next year. How can you not be bullish on a country like this? Governance may disappoint us. Systems may frustrate us. But the people? The people are relentless. Aspirational. Building quietly. India’s story won’t be written by ministries. It’ll be written by millions of these small, relentless upgrade cycles. #LongIndia 🇮🇳