The Polymathic Pursuit

India’s Weekly Dose of Optimism #33

80 Years of Independence, 3rd Largest Solar Power Generator, PIL-6, Tech Manifesto, IndiaAI Mission, and unlocking a home-made Su30MKI

Aug 23 • Rohit Nalluri

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India’s Weekly Dose of Optimism #32

34 GW of Solar Installed in 6 months, 7 indigenous chips, commercial Space,

Aug 22 • Rohit Nalluri

India's Weekly Dose of Optimism #31

India's hydro fleet sets back-to-back records, Agni-IV confirms operational readiness, and NavIC's path to full constellation clears. August 1–7, 2026.

Aug 9 • Rohit Nalluri

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India's Weekly Dose of Optimism #30

Weekly roundup of India's progress across science, energy, infrastructure, conservation, defense, and space.

Aug 2 • Rohit Nalluri

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July 2026

India's Rocketing Missile Program

How India's arsenal of BrahMos, Astra, Agni, and Pralay became the most consequential weapons program in Asia — and the story of the civilization that…

Jul 26 • Rohit Nalluri

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India's Weekly Dose of Optimism #29

The Week the Grid Tipped Clean, Chips Came Home, and BrahMos Flew South

Jul 12 • Rohit Nalluri

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June 2026

India Positive Weekly: Solar Goes Sovereign, $30 Billion Arrives, and a Railway Zone Is Born

India's ALMM solar mandate took effect, POWERGRID tendered 1.6 GWh of battery storage, and AirTrunk pledged $30B in AI data centres

Jun 7 • Rohit Nalluri

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May 2026

India Positive Weekly: The $170B Energy Record, 700,000 GPUs, and the Pangolin of Kiphire

When the IEA’s World Energy Investment 2026 report landed on May 28, it carried a line tucked into the India chapter that would have seemed improbable…

May 31 • Rohit Nalluri

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The 1,200-Second Week: India's Hypersonic Breakthrough and Six More Wins

May 9-15, 2026 | DRDO sets a scramjet endurance record, Gujarat commissions 870 MW of grid storage, and India hosts five nations for big cat…

May 17 • Rohit Nalluri

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India Positive Weekly: Record Wind, India's first Space Unicorn, and Semiconductors

A record-breaking week in wind power, India's first space tech unicorn, fresh semiconductor approvals, and steady macroeconomic optimism

May 10 • Rohit Nalluri

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India Positive: The Grid Holds, the Buffalo Comes Home, and Google Breaks Ground in Vizag

India Positive Weekly Roundup | April 25 - May 1, 2026

May 4 • Rohit Nalluri

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April 2026

When Highways Make Way for Elephants

India Positive | Week of April 12-18, 2026: a missile four decades in the making, a solar company crossing 10 gigawatts, India’s most honest accounting…

Apr 20 • Rohit Nalluri