Chandan Mundhra

Entrepreneur, Dreamer, Doer @Savygreentech

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Major cheat code for life: Become difficult to rush. The world will pressure you to rush into everything. Rushed decisions. Rushed conversations. Rushed relationships. Rushed timelines. There's immense power in rejecting that trend. Slow down. Create space to think clearly.

[Krishna Rao, K 🇮🇳 @krishnaraobsf]

India's Biggest Economic Challenge Is not Inflation, Oil, or War - It is an Unskilled Population Addicted to Distraction.

Every time oil prices rise, economists panic. Every time a war breaks out in the Middle East or Europe, television studios declare that India's economy is under threat. And yes, both matter. But neither represents India's greatest economic challenge. The real crisis is unfolding much closer to home.

It is a generation that spends more time consuming content than creating value. A workforce that debates geopolitics without mastering spreadsheets, artificial intelligence, coding, welding, precision manufacturing, sales, finance, communication, or even basic problem-solving. An economy where attention has become the most wasted national resource.

India is one of the youngest countries in the world. That should have been our greatest competitive advantage. Instead, we risk turning our demographic dividend into a demographic liability.

The Age of Endless Consumption

Never before has information been so accessible. Yet never before have so many people spent so much time learning so little. Hours disappear into political debates, celebrity gossip, cricket controversies, influencer reels, conspiracy theories, and outrage cycles that have absolutely no impact on an individual's earning potential. Ask someone how many hours they spent on social media last week. Then ask them how many hours they invested in acquiring a new professional skill. For many, the answer is uncomfortable. We have become experts at commenting on the economy while contributing very little to it.

Degrees Are Not Skills

India has no shortage of graduates. It has a shortage of employable graduates. Companies repeatedly report the same problem: vacancies exist, but suitable candidates are difficult to find. Not because people lack certificates. Because many lack practical skills. The world is rewarding competence, not credentials.
- Can you solve problems?
= Can you communicate effectively?
- Can you sell?
= Can you lead a team?
- Can you analyze data?
- Can you use AI to improve productivity instead of merely asking it amusing questions?
- Can you create something that another person is willing to pay for?
Those are the questions that determine economic success. Not the number of degrees hanging on a wall.

Attention Is the New Currency

The biggest theft today is not of money. It is of attention. Every notification fragments concentration. Every endless scroll delays mastery. Every hour spent consuming outrage is an hour not spent building expertise.

Modern economies reward deep work, specialized knowledge, creativity, and disciplined execution. Algorithms reward emotional reactions. Unfortunately, millions choose the algorithm.

The Coming Divide

Artificial intelligence is not replacing everyone. It is replacing people who refuse to learn. The future will belong to workers who continuously upgrade themselves. Those who combine human judgment with technological tools will become dramatically more productive. Those who stop learning will find themselves competing for fewer opportunities at lower wages. The divide will not be between rich and poor. It will increasingly be between skilled and unskilled.

National Growth Begins With Individual Discipline

Governments can build highways. Businesses can build factories. Universities can build campuses. But none of them can force an individual to develop skills. Economic transformation begins with personal responsibility. Spend one less hour arguing online. Spend one more hour learning. Read instead of scrolling. Build instead of complaining. Acquire one valuable skill every year. Become indispensable.

If millions of Indians made that simple choice, the country's economic trajectory would change more profoundly than any fiscal stimulus, any election promise, or any temporary fall in oil prices.

Wars will end. Oil prices will rise and fall. Markets will recover. But a nation that neglects skill development while surrendering its attention to endless distraction will struggle long after those headlines have disappeared.

The strongest economy is not built by the loudest voices. It is built by the most capable people.

#JaiHind

[Muthukrishnan Dhandapani @dmuthuk]

Interesting information from @jcrajan00

Tiruppur exported ₹42,500 crore worth of knitwear last year. That's $4.45 billion, 49% of India's entire garment exports, from just one town in Tamil Nadu.

No PLI. No special economic zone. No mega announcement. Just a cluster of small dyeing units from the 1970s that scaled through pure competitive pressure.

Funny how our most successful export stories are always the ones nobody planned.

[Ministry of Culture @MinOfCultureGoI]

This 4,500-year-old terracotta dice from the Indus-Saraswati Civilization is a powerful reminder of India’s living heritage. Dicing is also mentioned as a popular game in Rig and Atharva Vedas (two of the four sacred Vedic scriptures).

From symbols and craftsmanship to rituals, yogic practices, and collective memory, numerous elements of ancient Indian civilization continue to thrive in the daily social and religious life of Indian society across regions and communities.

Civilizational inheritance is not just about geography or ruins, it is defined by living customs, symbols, rituals, and unbroken cultural consciousness. India is the enduring living continuity of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization.

#IndusSaraswatiCivilization #AncientIndianHeritage

[NDTV Profit @NDTVProfitIndia]

Ajay Bhadoo, Additional Secretary, Commerce Ministry says India-Oman FTA comes into force today.

@Rish_Bhat

[Sunderdeep - Volklub @volklub]

“The industry moved away from hatchbacks, not the customer.

This segment deserved & deserves better options”

- Mr. Shailesh Chandra (CEO - Tata Motors)

[Nirav S. Karia @caniravkaria]

Reiterating again 🙏🙏🙏

Dont miss this mega mega theme coming once in lifetime of capex cycle and our lifecycle 😁

Samajdar ko ishara hi kaafi hai 💡 ⚡

https://t.co/HPWwEhVtEr

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Small businesses thrive on operational efficiency and tight execution.
Mid-sized businesses grow through strategy, systems and sharper decision-making.
Large businesses scale through culture- shared values, trust and a common way of thinking.

[Vijay Kedia @VijayKedia1]

India's future in EVs, batteries, solar energy, green hydrogen and energy storage will not be decided only by demand, capital or policy. It will also be decided by who controls the underlying supply chains.

Today, a significant part of the global ecosystem for critical minerals, battery materials, refining, manufacturing equipment and process know how is concentrated in China.

This is not a criticism. It is a recognition of decades of planning, investment and execution that have made China the dominant player in several strategic industries.

For India, the lesson is clear. Strategic industries cannot depend indefinitely on external supply chains. We must accelerate domestic capabilities in mining, refining, advanced materials, manufacturing equipment, technology and R&D with urgency and consistency.

In the 21st century, strategic influence is exercised not only at borders but also through technology, supply chains, critical minerals and manufacturing ecosystems.
Excessive dependence in any of these areas can become a strategic vulnerability.

Energy security, economic security and national security are increasingly becoming one and the same.

The goal is not isolation. The goal is resilience.
India does not need to replace the world. But India must build sufficient domestic capability so that its growth story is never hostage to external dependencies.

The sooner we do it, the stronger India will be. 🇮🇳

[CNBC @CNBC]

Jeff Bezos: "If I do my job right, the value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my charitable giving."

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

Mastery is the ultimate status.
The rich can't buy it, the impatient can't rush it, the privileged can't inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work.

[News Arena India @NewsArenaIndia]

Gujarat moves towards wire-free cities with underground networks.

Under Gujarat Government’s Wire-Free City and Wire-Free State Mission, urban landscapes are rapidly transforming as overhead power lines are being replaced with underground cabling at a fast pace.

[Chandan Mundhra @CM_interacts]

India’s https://t.co/UZIOHbThhb

[Rajesh Sawhney 🇮🇳 @rajeshsawhney]

Founders don’t complain, they adjust, change, pivot to build around fast changing landscape.

This resilience to pursue their dreams despite all the odds is what differentiates them from ordinary.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

“Action produces information. Just keep doing stuff.” — Brian Armstrong

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility.

That can mean taking ownership of your health or committing to a relationship or starting a business.

Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of responsibility usually has to change.

[MakerThrive @MakerThrive]

software devs in 2030 🤣

[The Index of Gujarat @IndexofGujarat]

Terraces look like this all over Gujarat

Gujarat ranks #1 in rooftop solar energy production in India

[Vijay Shekhar Sharma @vijayshekhar]

I want to see such indian content creators being celebrated, way more than we do.
What an awesome way to remember formulas: Bam Bam Bhole , Sona Chandi Tole 🤩

[PrivateEquityGuy (Mikk Markus) @PrivatEquityGuy]

An old man in the construction business told me:

The real magic of staying in one industry starts to happen 10+ years later.

So hang around.