Technology can be glamorous. But can it have a human touch? This is the story of a young IIT engineer who bent technology to give sick children the gift of speech. Ajit Narayanan, founder of... Read more
This innovator wants to be socially relevant In his Geography class, Mukul’s teacher quizzes him about Australia. Aided by his Tablet device, Mukul, who studies in Class VII at the Spa... Read more
Little Brother is watching you. That is the premise for the webcam that a top government official here has installed in his office, as an anticorruption experiment. Goings-on in his chamber... Read more
Free speech advocates and Internet users are protesting new Indian regulations restricting Web content that, among other things, can be considered “disparaging,” “harassing,” “blasphemous” o... Read more
Two techniques show promise for helping farmers conserve scarce water in Punjab, India’s breadbasket. India is running out of water for crops. Most of the water-intensive agriculture i... Read more
Image via Wikipedia 550 million people in India have phones Last time I was in India I wrote about the amazing business model innovation that had allowed telecom operators to make money on a... Read more