March 15, 2026
Monetizing Digital Public Infrastructure
How do countries learn from the Emerging India model, reap the second-mover advantage by avoiding India's first-mover mistakes?
December 8, 2025
Digital Sovereignty and the Global South
How do countries of the Global South ensure digital sovereignty while still ensuring a digital, cashless, frictionless, borderless, inclusive, and equitable world?
November 15, 2025
Nothing But The Facts
Did Captain Sabharwal move the fuel control switch on AI 171 from Run to Cutoff? We show for a fact that he did not.
October 13, 2025
Exporting Data, Importing Intelligence
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) promises data sovereignty empowering countries to harness the full potential of their digital assets. How do countries transform DPI’s promise and potential into performance?
August 18, 2025
Ducks, Geese, and Planes
If it wasn’t a birdstrike, what could cause a dual engine failure in today’s most technologically advanced and sophisticated aircraft?
July 16, 2025
Hiding in Plane Sight
AAIB released its preliminary report on the Air India 171 plane crash. Media and aviation experts attributed the crash to pilot error or deliberate pilot action. We look at the data and state for a fact that it was not pilot error or action, and state the probable root cause…
May 30, 2025
Delay, Deny, Deduct
The Direct-Care subscription model will deliver universal and free healthcare at 3% of India's GDP. For the US, it will deliver universal health coverage at a third of today's spend, saving over $3 trillion each year.
March 26, 2025
Bridging the DPI Divide
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is a transformational approach that has the potential to deliver population-scale economic and social progress, and ensure environmental equity. Using digital transformation, open data, and open APIs, DPI promises resilient communities, responsive governments, and an improved quality of life for all. The Digital India Stack has…
March 7, 2025
Non-Alignment, Bokaro, and the Cold War
I grew up in Bokaro when it was a part of Bihar. My father was an engineer at the steel plant, which was being built with Soviet assistance. Growing up, I learned words like Spasiba and Dasvidanya before I knew the equivalents in my native language, Malayalam. Russian families shared…
