When nations race to own the future, can an ancient Indian idea be the missing framework? A few weeks ago I was debugging a smart contract late at night — the kind of session where you forget time exists. But something kept nagging at me beyond the code. The news feed was full of stories about semiconductor export bans, AI chip restrictions, undersea cable disputes, and countries racing to wall off their digital borders. And here I was, building on a blockchain network that by design belongs to no one and everyone. The contrast hit hard. The technology we build is increasingly borderless. The politics governing it is increasingly territorial. And somewhere in that gap lives one of the most important questions of our generation: who owns the future, and who gets left out? Vasudeva Kutumbakam - a Sanskrit phrase from the Maha Upanishad - translates as "the world is one family." It is not a soft platitude. It is a philosophical assertion that the boundaries we draw between us an...
I just got back from IGDC 2025 and wow, it was epic. IGDC (India Game Developer Conference) 5-7 November is the country’s premier event for game creators and industry pros, and this year it brought everyone together in Chennai. I hung out with designers, programmers, artists, animators and the whole creative crew. Gamers, content creators and developers were everywhere – it felt like a huge community reunion. It was so cool catching up with old friends and making new ones in our gamer/dev squad. Key Takeaways IGDC was packed with talks and booths, but the biggest moments were the aha’s that I jotted down. Here are my top learnings from the conference: Gaming = Mainstream Career: No doubt, gaming and game dev have blown up into a legit career path now. Industry reports back this up – for example, Meta’s India lead said the gaming market is set to be worth nearly $7.5 billion and create 250,000 new jobs by 2025. As one expert put it, “Gaming is no longer niche. It is mainstre...