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Mint Snapview: India must flex its digital-market muscle to counter Trump tariffs

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Yesterday, on the Vande Bharat Express from Mysuru to Bengaluru, I watched a fellow passenger-a young woman in her late twenties, working at a financial global capability centre (... Read More


Coinbase circles CoinDCX after $44 mn crypto heist

New Delhi, July 29 -- US cryptocurrency giant Coinbase is in advanced discussions to acquire India's CoinDCX as the local crypto exchange recovers from a $44 million hack, two people aware of the deve... Read More


If TCS is truly preparing for the future, introspection must start in the C-suite

New Delhi, July 28 -- When Tata Consultancy Services announced it would lay off 12,000 employees, it hid behind phrases like "future-ready", "realignment", and "strategic initiatives". These aren't ex... Read More


Have you hired software developer Soham Parekh yet?

New Delhi, July 4 -- A few days ago, Soham Parekh was just another full-stack developer. Then his name began surfacing across founder circles: Hacker News threads, Slack channels, Twitter jokes, Redd... Read More


How one developer outsmarted dozens of startups-and what it says about work today

New Delhi, July 3 -- Soham Parekh wasn't hiding. He used his real name. Showed up on calls. Wrote some code. Then vanished-only to surface again at another startup, mid-sprint, fully onboarded. By th... Read More


AI didn't take the job. It changed what the job is.

New Delhi, June 21 -- Over the past few weeks, I've been on the road. Parbhani, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur. In small-town labs and factory floors, I saw jobs that still exist, but don't look like they used... Read More


Meet Morningstar Khongthaw, the man who grows bridges

New Delhi, June 7 -- We had been walking for over an hour-down a steep, moss-slicked staircase cut into the hillside of Rangthylliang, a remote village in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills. The forest thic... Read More


What Bengaluru's leaders have forgotten about legacy

New Delhi, June 5 -- On Tuesday night, 3 June, as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricket team won its first Indian Premier League title, I felt a sudden unease. Not because I don't love cricket or th... Read More


India's unicorn obsession has a human cost

New Delhi, May 19 -- Eight years ago, I spent days listening to exhausted employees of a high-profile startup. They shared troubling stories about brutal hours, abusive managers, and constant humiliat... Read More