India's path to digital freedom through open source - interconnected nodes representing education, entrepreneurship, and technology sovereignty

Digital Freedom: What India Can Learn from China's Open-Source Push

China’s push to reduce dependence on foreign technology holds lessons for India. Not about banning Microsoft or AWS, but about building the capability to choose - through education, open source ecosystems, and entrepreneurship.

August 19, 2026 · Uttam Jaiswal
Watercolor illustration of students walking through a corridor with many open doors leading to different futures - laboratory, agriculture, space, art, healthcare - while a narrow locked gate in the centre shows a crowd pressed against a single exit

Are We Drifting Towards Destruction? Let Us Talk About Construction

Why the conversation about education must move beyond blame towards building hope. Every crisis produces outrage. But outrage fades. What remains is the system we failed to fix.

July 18, 2026 · Uttam Jaiswal