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Digital Sovereignty and the Global South
BlogCustomer Experience
December 8, 2025

Digital Sovereignty and the Global South

On a recent trip to Cape Town, South Africa, I realized how frictionless and borderless travel has become. A decade ago, visiting any country required you to exchange your dollars at the airport, and spend the local currency in town. Today, things are digital and cashless, with little need for…
Ranjit John
Nothing But The Facts
BlogDigital Public Infrastructure
November 15, 2025

Nothing But The Facts

On November 7, 2025, a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court reassured Pushkaraj Sabharwal, the 91-year old father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot in command of AI 171 that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, that no one in India believes that the accident was the pilot’s fault.…
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BlogData Forensics
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…
Ranjit John
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BlogHealth Care
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.
Ranjit John
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Blog
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…
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Blog
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…
Ranjit John