New Delhi, Nov. 19 -- Zoho Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu's latest advice to young entrepreneurs, "to marry and have kids in their 20s" sparked an intense online debate on social media on Wednesday, November 19. Vembu's appeal to the young to fulfill their "demographic duty" seemed not to resonate with netizens who highlighted "trade off" when 20-year-olds marry early.

Sridhar Vembu wrote in a post on X on Wednesday, "I advise young entrepreneurs I meet, both men and women, to marry and have kids in their 20s and not keep postponing it."

"I tell them they have to do their demographic duty to society and their own ancestors. I know these notions may sound quaint or old-fashioned but I am sure these ideas will resonate again," Sridhar Vemb...