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1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the future | Horizon | Past Predictions | BBC Archive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwELr8ir9qM BBC Archive Dec 31, 2021

"The only thing  we can be sure of about the future, is that it will be absolutely fantastic. So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable, then I will have failed completely." - Arthur C Clarke.

The science-fiction writer and futurist Arthur C Clarke undertakes that most impossible and unrewarding of tasks - attempting to accurately predict the future. What will the world of tomorrow look like? Will the inhabitants of the future have monkey butlers? Yes, according to Mr Clarke, but only until they unionise...

Clip taken from Horizon, originally broadcast 21 September 1964. 

https://medium.com/predict/predicting-the-future-lessons-by-arthur-c-clarke-342762ef0dcb On “A vision of the future” - 1960's, the science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke paints the picture of a future in which communication would eliminate barriers and change the way people live and work. Although it is clear to us today how technology has changed our lives, his ideas seemed unreasonable and unthinkable to those of his time. As a futurist he spotted trends and envisioned what could be achieved with the development of transistors and communications satellites.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010104_arthur.shtml

Indian Hindus say "NO" to Hate in the name of Hinduism. From a call

The slogan "Hindu khatre mein hai" (Hindu is in danger) is being used to instigate us repeatedly, and fear can push people to protect themselves and their loved ones. But fear can also make us cruel and violent.

The world is also observing and trying to understand what Hinduism is all about. Can we be comfortable saying “That is Hindutva, not Hinduism” when our identities are being used to propagate hate and violence? We are also enabling the Hindutva narrative when we do not distance Hinduism from it.

Are we part of a system that is creating a narrative of Hinduism as a peaceful religion that is inclusive and tolerant where everyone can seek their own paths to salvation

or

Do we want it to be seen represented through organized, uncontrolled mobs that destroy everyone and anyone they imagine as enemy?

An Imam who led the prayer at a mosque in Maharashtra's Anwa village was attacked by unidentified individuals who entered the place of worship and beat him up for refusing to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.   https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-imam-beaten-beard-cut-off-for-refusing-to-chant-jai-shri-ram-2352292-2023-03-28

Violence in Jalgaon after Hindu procession plays music in front of mosque during namaz  https://scroll.in/latest/1046532/  Clashes were also reported in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Vadodara and Howrah on the occasion of Ram Navami.
The Myriad Things Indian Muslims Are Changing To Survive Overt & Covert Hostility In Their Changing Country https://article-14.com/post/the-myriad-things-indian-muslims-are-changing-to-survive-overt-covert-hostility-in-their-changing-country--6420a1fd73768
rom giving up the food they love to where they pray to even concealing interfaith marriages, Indian Muslims are changing how they eat, talk, work and other practices and customs fundamental to their identity, to survive India’s era of Hindu majoritarianism. The damage of having to modify perfectly legal and appropriate behaviour, in order to stay safe and employed, is real and difficult to quantify, but it is widespread.

India’s startup growth story lacks fundamentals - Part 1 Indian tech startups and consumer internet companies have—or will—hit a wall. We look at why, sector by sector.
 https://themorningcontext.com/internet/indias-startup-growth-story-lacks-fundamentals-part-1/ The Morning Context... The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates seven times since 2022 and continues to be hawkish to control inflation. That put a hold on much of the money supply allocated to emerging markets like India. As…

NASSCOM TECH START-UP REPORT 2022 – RISING ABOVE UNCERTAINTY: THE 2022 SAGA OF INDIAN TECH START-UPS February 15, 2023

Key Highlights:

Strong ecosystem with New Gen tech start-ups base broadening:

1300+ new tech start-ups, 23 new unicorns (2nd highest in the world)
2022 funding at $18.2 Bn is 30% lower than 2021, higher than last 4-year average in value terms
3-4X growth in investments for critical areas like EnvironmentTech, Lifesciences, Aviation, Maritime & Defence
Decline in late-stage funding but more investment in early-stage start-ups:

>40% drop in late-stage funding, led by reduction in mega deals
>30% increase in seed and early-stage funding
>1.6X increase in 2022 over 2021 in unique and active venture capital and private equity firms
Indian entrepreneurs’ laying emphasis on fundamentals

More than half of the tech start-ups in 2022 saw an increase in revenue of>20% (survey findings)
Overall, half of the tech start-ups continued or increased hiring in 2022
25% of mature start-ups are either EBITDA positive, or expect to be by mid-2023
Diversity of Indian tech start-up ecosystem continues to expand:

39% of tech start-ups founded in 2022 from emerging locations in India, up from 34% in 2021
18% start-ups in the ecosystem with at least one-woman founder/co-founder
36 unicorns and potential unicorns with at least one women founder/co-founder