"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:
https://t.co/WU0mBdxpZu
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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When intelligence becomes abundant, behaviour becomes the differentiator.
Part 3 of our Future of Work and Agentic AI series by @StrategyMoksho and @DebleenaR .
https://t.co/m7DLLjw2Ch
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:
https://t.co/Xj1IqRi0rg
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.
https://t.co/RvXUnDYK9b
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.
https://t.co/7hPoJ0eBqi
The US–Israel war on Iran is no longer contained.
It is disrupting energy flows, straining Gulf stability and reshaping power alignments.
Part I of Vivek Kelkar’s two-part analysis:
https://t.co/FSt5adbB4q
#Geopolitics#EnergySecurity#USIsrael#Iran
India’s AI Gambit: Navigating the Global Race: Read the full report https://t.co/lLNjlf0Kcq
A Strategic Brief distilling the report’s core arguments. Click here to read https://t.co/coG41nk6iW
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
Watch / engage with the full discussion. Link in the reply.
#IndiaAI#AIpolicy#NationalStrategy
How do AI models threaten national security?
@Sundeepwaslekar offers his perspective.
▶️ Listen to Sundeep's full session. Video link in the reply.
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