"The mountain does not negotiate with your ambition."
In this riveting travel piece, @TheSwamy writes about preparation, friendship, humility and discovering that ordinary people are capable of far more than they imagine.
#AnnapurnaCircuit#Himalayas#WeekendReading
4/ Reform 3.0 is not about announcing more schemes.
It is about redesigning the economy so building, hiring and growth become easier.
Part One:
foundingfuel.com/article/reform…
3/ One of the sharpest lines in the essays:
“Every part works. Together, they stall.”
The argument:
India’s challenge is no longer only policy reform.
It is systemic alignment.
2/ India built schemes, institutions, portals and incentives.
Yet:
• firms still struggle to scale
• formalisation still feels punitive
• productive work remains fragile
• operating friction keeps accumulating
1/ India’s problem is not lack of ambition.
It is that too many parts of the economy still pull in different directions.
A new two-part essay series by Haresh Chawla @hchawlah for @FoundingF explores why India keeps missing the mountain.
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AI is writing code.
In some cases, it’s also acting on it.
Most companies still see this as a productivity story.
It isn’t. It’s a governance problem.
@_ChirantanGhosh on what leaders are missing:
foundingfuel.com/article/when-a…
We build to move faster.
And then design systems that slow us down.
From roads to regulation to digital workflows—friction isn’t accidental. It’s embedded.
Ajay Chacko on India’s “speed breaker” mindset.
foundingfuel.com/article/built-…
The shock didn’t create the weakness.
It exposed it.
Haresh Chawla @hchawlah on what the Gulf crisis is revealing about India’s economy — and why reform just got harder.
foundingfuel.com/article/the-ec…
India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race: Read the full report bit.ly/4aMHdCQ
A Strategic Brief distilling the report’s core arguments. Click here to read bit.ly/4kEKjfH
India's AI Gambit | AI, a national priority
AI is not a matter of one section of bureaucracy. It is a matter for India as a nation - India as one team.
~ @SundeepWaslekar
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