Rajiv Shah

The scenes witnessed in Delhi this week are not significant merely because another political protest has reached the national capital. Democracies are expected to witness demonstrations, disagreements and public dissent. What deserves closer attention, however, is the striking similarity in the way many modern protests evolve. A localized grievance suddenly expands into a nationwide political campaign. Student groups become the moral face of the movement. Social media explodes with...

India’s economic future may not be decided by its billion-dollar technology companies alone. It may well be determined by the ability of millions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to embrace artificial intelligence. The recent World Economic Forum report, Transforming Small Businesses: An AI Playbook for India’s SMEs, serves as a timely reminder that the next industrial revolution will not be fought in corporate boardrooms alone but in thousands of workshops, factories, retail stores and...