OUR STORY
India is NOT the Back Office. has been years in the making. The idea grew from decades of cross-border work and first-hand experience with India’s trajectory. Since 2008, I have lived and worked in India while connecting its story to boardrooms, markets, and classrooms around the world.
I covered the rise of the internet, sat in on President Nelson Mandela’s Parliamentary Address in Cape Town in 1997, witnessed the Hong Kong handover, the 2000 U.S. presidential election, and India’s pivotal 2004 general election. I was there for the Y2K era, the outsourcing wave, the dot-com boom and bust, and India’s rise at Davos. Along the way, I engaged with issues that go beyond markets, including youth unemployment, mental health, anti–sex trafficking efforts, and the adoption of Aadhaar, India’s national digital identity system.
Through turning points such as 9/11, the Mumbai Blasts, the 2008 financial crisis, the Arab Spring, the COVID-19 pandemic, and today’s geopolitical realignment, I have seen how uncertainty shapes markets, governance, and leadership.
This continuity is what sets India is NOT the Back Office. apart. While others focus on headlines, it connects today’s choices to three decades of change. lines, it connects today’s choices to three decades of change. With India as the fastest-growing major economy, more than 330,000 students in the U.S., expanding Global Capability Centers, and new blocs like BRICS, the project gives decision makers, leaders, and strategic counsellors.
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE
I am a fourth-generation educator on my mother’s side. Many summers were spent on the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi and in my grandfather’s elementary school in Old Delhi.
As an Indian-American born in Astoria, Queens, I could not be prouder of the journey and sacrifices my parents made. Like many families, ours is a story of risk, resilience, and opportunity. I see those same sacrifices reflected in my nieces and nephews in search of their version of the American Dream.
I also see the Indian Dream. I have met students in India who are hungry for education and opportunity, just as I saw that same spirit in classrooms in New York, Harlem, Washington, DC, Zambia, and South Africa. I saw it in the newsrooms of India, where budding journalists were eager to tell stories and be part of India’s global integration.
Through this newsletter, I will share not just my stories, but those of others. The goal is to reflect the real dynamism of an emerging India as a testing ground for innovation and leadership.
As an Indian-American born in Astoria, Queens, I could not be prouder of the journey and sacrifices my parents made. Like many families, ours is a story of risk, resilience, and opportunity. I see those same sacrifices reflected in my nieces and nephews in search of their version of the American Dream.
I also see the Indian Dream. I have met students in India who are hungry for education and opportunity, just as I saw that same spirit in classrooms in New York, Harlem, Washington, DC, Zambia, and South Africa. I saw it in the newsrooms of India, where budding journalists were eager to tell stories and be part of India’s global integration.
Through this newsletter, I will share not just my stories, but those of others. The goal is to reflect the real dynamism of an emerging India as a testing ground for innovation and leadership.