Across India, villages increasingly appear creating meaningful impact stories through local innovation, community-led solutions and practical problem-solving.
India’s evolving sustainability movement increasingly raises broader questions around designer culture, consumption and how fashion itself may be changing.
Apple’s global scale increasingly raises broader questions around habits, consumer behavior and how technology becomes part of everyday life.
A cow-dung-based fuel innovation from Uttarakhand is opening broader conversations around affordability, sustainability and local problem-solving.
A young Ethiopian creator’s viral fashion journey is opening broader conversations around youth opportunity, sustainability and creativity emerging beyond traditional systems.
Kavin Bharti Mittal was born into one of India's great industrial families. His father, Sunil Mittal, founded Bharti Airtel, the telecommunications giant that connects over 500 million people across South Asia and Africa. He grew up in the rarefied world of legacy and expectation, where children of business dynasties are expected to join the family firm, learn the ropes, and eventually take over. The path was laid out for him. It was smooth, prestigious, and utterly predictable.
Anand Megalingam was six years old when he walked barefoot to school for the first time. The school was six kilometers from his home, a modest hut in a small village in Tamil Nadu's interior. His father drove a tractor for a living, earning just enough to feed the family and keep the children in school. The family had no connections, no wealth, and no reason to believe that any of its members would ever leave the village, let alone build rockets.
A viral one-day Maggi stall experiment is opening broader conversations around entrepreneurship, aspiration and how small ideas increasingly shape business thinking.
New rent-focused financial platforms increasingly raise broader questions around housing, financial inclusion and changing urban experiences among younger populations.
Rising child-rearing costs across Indian cities increasingly reflect broader changes involving lifestyle expectations, urban economics and family decision-making.