India

Intel Outside

Intel has been in the news. And so has Jensen Huang, the charismatic CEO of nVidia. I’ve tried to decode Intel’s slide from Top Dog to fighting for survival in Hindustan Times. Be assured, this story isn’t done with. There is much else that remains to be told. And that includes the long game Huang is at work on.
More on that another day. For now, would appreciate your comments on this narrative.

The Great Indian Telco Pivot

Indian telecom companies had earned a reputation for offering the fastest services and charging the lowest fees anywhere in the world. But the world is always changing. And the telco business which used to have many players once upon a time is beginning to charge more. The many players that were there have been whittled down to just two significant ones—effectively, a duopoly. Just how this pivot happened and what it means for the Indian landscape is something I talked about in Hindustan Times over the weekend.

What EVM hacking?

Now that the General Elections are done with, the debate is all about Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and whether or not it can be hacked. All thanks to the co-creator of EVMs in India, I am now of the view nothing was rigged. On why is the theme of ‘First Principles’, my column in Hindustan Times today.