Founding Fuel
Founding Fuel aims to create the new playbook of entrepreneurship. Think of us as a hub for entrepreneurs- the go-to place for ideas, insights, practices and wisdom essential to build the enterprise of tomorrow. It is co-founded by veteran journalists Indrajit Gupta and Charles Assisi, along with CS Swaminathan, the former president of Pearson's online learning venture.
My contributions
964 articles written
India’s AI Gambit: The Choices That Will Define Power
Speed is not strategy. The real battle is over sovereignty, science and state capacity
The Ecology of Engagement: What Madhav Gadgil Taught Us to See
From sacred groves to the Western Ghats, Gadgil’s work rebuilt the bridge between science and lived experience.
Understanding the Living Will—Clarity, Autonomy, and Care at the End of Life
Why talking about death early may be the most humane act of care we offer our families—and ourselves
The Best of FF Life 2025
11 stories that asked us to slow down, look closer, and feel more deeply
The Best Stories of 2025
Ten of our best work through the year—on business, leadership, and geopolitical trends
When Numbers Lie
Why measurement is never neutral—and why AI forces us to rethink what we trust
2025 in Review | Episode 5: India’s Strategic Tightrope in a Fragmenting World
Ambassador Shyam Saran on a post-American order, a slowing China, and how India must balance room for manoeuvre with hard-headed realism on Russia, the US and China.
2025 in Review | Episode 4: Europe’s Year of Hard Choices
Europe entered 2025 already strained by war, fractured politics, and economic anxiety. As Philippe Le Corre explains, this was the year when three pressures collided—an unending war in Ukraine, a drastically altered transatlantic dynamic under Trump 2.0, and a more openly competitive China
2025 in Review | Episode 3: America’s Year of Disruption
Justin Logan of the Cato Institute on how Trump’s second term reshaped global trade, defense alignments, and America’s domestic equilibrium—and why the turbulence may be far from over