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Tax breaks for foreign data centres only if guardrails are put in place

India, Feb. 7 -- The most recent budget offers a twenty-year tax holiday to foreign companies using data centres in India. At first glance, it sounds like a straightforward growth play. Bring global t... Read More


Tax breaks for foreign data centres need guardrails

India, Feb. 7 -- The most recent budget offers a twenty-year tax holiday to foreign companies using data centres in India. At first glance, it sounds like a straightforward growth play. Bring global t... Read More


The devil is in the compromise: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

India, Feb. 7 -- For years, I have lived by a private code. I thought of it as wisdom. As part of that wisdom, I had decided that the phone would be treated as dead weight from a certain time of nigh... Read More


Cheap labour and the 10-minute trap

India, Jan. 31 -- Tap an app, and a pack of batteries, a tub of ice cream, or a single bathroom towel appears at your door within ten minutes. Speed is the headline. If convenience is seduction then Z... Read More


Cheap labour and 10-min trap of quick commerce

India, Jan. 31 -- Tap an app, and a pack of batteries, a tub of ice cream, or a single bathroom towel appears at your door within ten minutes. Speed is the headline. If convenience is seduction then Z... Read More


India's quick commerce: Cheap labour and the 10-minute trap

India, Jan. 30 -- Tap an app, and a pack of batteries, a tub of ice cream, or a single bathroom towel appears at your door within ten minutes. Speed is the headline. If convenience is seduction, then ... Read More


Taking the scenic route inwards

India, Jan. 25 -- I've taken to long-distance road trips. That's why I chose to drive from Mumbai to Kochi, where my mother lives. On my return, I asked Uncle Toney, my father's younger brother, if he... Read More


The standoff over access to source code

India, Jan. 24 -- The Indian government does not want your data. It wants something more consequential. It wants to look under the hood of the device that never leaves your hand - your phone. The outc... Read More


Taking the scenic route inwards: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi

India, Jan. 24 -- I've taken to long-distance driving. That's why I chose to drive from Mumbai to Kochi, where my mother lives. On my return, on a whim, I asked Uncle Toney, my father's younger brothe... Read More


You gotta have fate

India, Jan. 11 -- It is tempting to believe that most of what I've accomplished is the outcome of hard work: Showing up. Staying at it. Paying attention when others drifted. Making choices that were o... Read More