I come from an India where college gold-medalists take pride in working for startups founded by drop-outs, and yet JDs require “good pedigree college”
I come from an India where startups are worshipped, but bureaucratic apathy forces founders to move overseas
I come from an India where culture is measured in thousands of years, and yet parents are impatient with sons/daughters who want to be founders
I come from an India where little-known kids on mobiles pull in millions of views, and yet, producers put star-kids on movie posters
I come from an India where languages like Python and C++ are the path to prosperity, but people still fight over the national language.
I come from an India that has taken to WFH, but we can’t get electricity 24×7
I come from an India whose children are CEOs who run the world, but we still demand international MBAs of our sons and daughters
I come from an India with the cheapest data rates in the world, and yet we demand that we uninstall certain apps
I come from an India that sells tech to solve global problems, but we don’t use tech to reduce our country’s case-load
Which India will become the world’s largest startup ecosystem?
Both of them.
Which India is getting funded?
One of them.
Which one will slow down?
Neither of them.
Hat tip to Vir Das‘ OG Two Indias video