Perspectives

Guest essays from founders and startup insiders on how startups are really built, run and broken.

Illustration of a thoughtful woman between India’s heritage monuments and books on one side and a rocket launch, startup offices, an AI chip and a robotic arm on the other, under a question mark and the Indian tricolour.

perspectives22 min read

India Is Obsessed With Its Past. Who Is Building Its Future?

India spends 0.84% of GDP on R&D and ranks 38th in global innovation. A case for building technology the world depends on, not just celebrating the past.

Sujata PandeyNov 13, 2026

Illustration titled “Human Resource Exploitation”: a hopeful factory worker holding a sign reading job security, benefits and a better future, beside a stressed office worker and a hand offering a contract with no benefits, no job security and no long-term promise.

perspectives23 min read

Human Resource Exploitation: When Did Employees Become Disposable?

Organisations want the output of permanent employees without the obligations. Divyansh Dixit, founder of Fensso Tech LLP, on contract and gig work, what India's new labour codes say, and what employers and workers can do.

Divyansh DixitNov 10, 2026

Illustration of a relaxed founder with feet up on the desk while a bucket labelled “Funding” burns behind him, beside a whiteboard listing overhiring, too many meetings and no clear product.

perspectives8 min read

The Startup Delusion: When Founders Build Empires Before Building Businesses

Divyansh Dixit on overhiring, endless meetings, too many titles and no clear product: seven founder habits that burn funding long before the market gets a say.

Divyansh DixitNov 3, 2026