India, April 15 -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping economies and societies at an unprecedented pace. India faces an urgent question: Will we take control of our AI future, or will foreign-built models shape our economy, languages, and perception of history?

The US and China are investing billions of dollars in AI, entrenching their dominance. Delay risks India becoming permanently dependent on foreign AI models.

India must immediately train its own AI models, leveraging offshore computing environments such as Singapore while rapidly expanding domestic AI infrastructure. We cannot wait for AI supercomputers to be built in India; we must act now with available resources and scale as we build our own AI capabilities. This is not ...