Tech Meets Traditional

We pit India’s Census against Google’s data machine. Discover why the gritty, human-powered task of counting every Indian is a challenge of scale and trust that Silicon Valley’s best algorithms …

Discover the deep philosophy in your kitchen! Explore how the choice between a pressure cooker and slow cooking in India reveals cultural values on time, flavour, efficiency, and tradition.

Remember saying “thank you” after paying? UPI’s seamlessness killed that simple ritual. We investigate how the “payment done” phone flash replaced human connection, creating a new, silent social contract in …

UPI didn’t just change payments; it changed friendships. The ease of peer-to-peer cash requests has turned us all into on-demand lenders, creating new social pressures and blurring the lines between …

Explore the “Station Symphony”—the story of how Indian Railways’ announcement system became a pioneer in voice technology, using a robust ‘word-stitching’ method to solve massive multilingual challenges long before the …

From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, Indian shopkeepers have adopted a single hand gesture for UPI payments. We investigate “The Great Indian Point,” an unspoken national sign language born from technology, necessity, …

The crisp ₹10 note of pocket money is gone, replaced by a UPI ping. We investigate how digital allowances are affecting our children’s financial literacy and their tactile connection to …

Discover how technology is enhancing, not replacing, Indian festival traditions. Explore specific apps for everything from Diwali rangoli designs to Ganesh Visarjan crowd-management that make rituals more accessible.

Remember when a dead phone was just an inconvenience? Thanks to our total reliance on UPI, it’s now a full-blown panic attack. We explore this new Indian anxiety and how …

The European Industrial Revolution wasn’t a solo act. It was built on a foundation of appropriated Indian innovations, from superior textiles and Wootz steel to advanced chemistry. A major historical …