India’s cities flood every July not because of rain — but because urbanisation has paved over every natural drain they had. Just imagine: it’s the third week of July, and …
Sarawanan
Sarawanan
Meet Sarawanan — part news buff, part history nerd, part chai-fuelled thinker. For the past two decades, he’s followed India's economic shifts, cultural twists, and everything in between. His writing on IndiLogs isn’t about textbook theories or dry reports — it’s about telling the real India story. The one that connects temple donations to rural banks, or Diwali sales to stock market surges. If you're someone who enjoys learning about India’s roots while watching it sprint ahead, you’ll feel right at home here
AI Is Making Ancient Indian Texts More Accessible — And More Shallow at the Same Time
Searches for ‘Gita GPT’ jumped 83% last year. What happens when India’s oldest scripture meets its newest technology? Picture a 24-year-old software engineer in Pune, sitting cross-legged on his apartment …
How A Single Gold Ring Reveals Ancient India’s Script, Trade, And Identity Abroad
A tiny gold ring, buried 2,000 years ago in a Thai rice field, carries four Sanskrit words in Brahmi script — and it just rewrote what we thought we knew …
What if your UPI app could pay your rent, order groceries, and settle bills — entirely on its own, in your language? Imagine waking up on the first of the …
India processes nearly half the world’s digital payments — yet 60% of its gram panchayats still lack high-speed broadband. Picture a vegetable vendor in a Rajasthan market town, phone in …
Burned Out Before Thirty: How Digital Overload Is Changing Young India’s Relationship With Time
India’s burnout rate hit an all-time high in 2026 — and Gen Z’s answer isn’t a new app, it’s pottery class. Priya is 24, holds a marketing degree from a …
A systems lens on how a landmark trade agreement reshapes supply chains, SME behaviour, and the psychology of ‘Made in India’ identity in global markets.* In 10 days, India’s most …
Ever wonder why you spend more when using UPI? It’s not an accident; it’s design. We expose the six behavioral economics tricks—from gamified rewards to sensory conditioning—that payment apps use …
9 Branding Lessons from Indian Paan Shop Customization (That Create Cult Followings)
The Indian paan shop is a 4×4 foot empire of branding genius. From the “Khaike Paan Banaraswala” legend to hyper-personalization, we unpack 9 lessons in product differentiation that modern F&B …
How to Leverage UPI’s New Credit Line Feature Without Falling Into Debt: 8 Golden Rules
The new “Credit Line on UPI” feature turns your phone into an instant lending machine. While convenient, it carries hidden risks. We provide eight essential “Golden Rules” to leverage this …