Google’s Rajan Anandan believes the internet will transform a billion lives
Google vice-president for Southeast Asia and India believes the internet is going to make India reach greater heights.
Shakthi Vadakkepat on the creation of “social media influencers”
He also talks about challenges faced by the disabled despite “inclusion” being promised by the government, by companies and by society.
Sairee Chahal says sexism is a ‘cancerous phenomenon’
Chahal’s Sheroes has launched a new product for companies to assess their internal systems and ensure an equitable workplace.
How Osama Manzar plans to take the next billion Indians online (and fight for net neutrality)
Digital nomad Osama Manzar shares his next battle — fighting greedy companies looking to assemble all of the world’s data to serve their corporate interests.
R S Sharma, the bureaucrat who codes
Ram Sewak Sharma has been a digital warrior since the mid-eighties, much before the term digital became mainstream. In 1986, Sharma wrote a software application in dBase programming language to keep a record of all stolen firearms in Begusarai, a district in Bihar with high crime rates. Over the next three decades, Sharma has led […]
Sameer Guglani of Morpheus Gang on why Indian unicorns are facing the heat
“Somewhere the growth of consciousness stops — it’s like my car has run out of fuel.”
Remember redBus? A chat with Sanjay Anandaram, who watched it take shape
In this week’s Outliers, Pankaj Mishra speaks to Sanjay Anandaram, a mentor to redBus founder Phanindta Sama.
In his trek from an ‘accidental’ company to a ‘deliberate’ one, Rafat Ali learnt to have a voice
Meet Rafat Ali of Skift, the digital media warrior who is questioning established media platforms on one hand and taking on the rising dominance of newer ones on the other.
From child prodigy to AI champion, the second coming of Tanmay Bakshi
As part of The Cognitive Story project, Tanmay Bakshi is applying cognitive technologies to help people unable to communicate to express their emotions.
Labnol’s Amit Agarwal, India’s first blogger, on why he gave up blogging
Agarwal talks about blogging and his apps that have over million users.