New Delhi, June 19 -- Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal warned that India risks turning into a "colony of digital warlords," and further argued that India must urgently strengthen its digital sovereignty, cautioning that future battles over control may not be fought at physical borders but in computing infrastructure and digital ecosystems.

He added that sovereignty today is no longer lost at the frontier, but in "compute," highlighting concerns over growing dependence on global tech giants.

Mittal also said the proposed ex-ante Digital Competition Bill is not premature but already overdue, calling for faster regulatory action to safeguard fair competition and national digital control.

Mittal said in a post on LinkedIn, "For nearly 1000...