India's richest man teamed up with Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein in February -- but can it crack the code to dethrone Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart in India’s $125B e-commerce race? Reports Ananya Bhattacharya &. Kunal Purohit for Rest of World: restofworld.org/2025/https-res…

Reliance promised to bring Shein fast fashion back to India, but shoppers say it’s slower, pricier, and missing most of the catalog restofworld.org/2025/shein-ind…

BYJU’s was one of the world’s top ed-tech companies — until it was rocked by staggering allegations of fraud. Can its enigmatic founder rebuild his empire? restofworld.org/2025/byjus-own…

my latest for Rest of World: India may have banned TikTok and Shein and blocked Chinese automaker BYD from setting up a local factory, citing national security concerns, but it has no choice but to lean on Chinese tech to further its EV ambitions right now restofworld.org/2025/india-ev-…

Chinese dependency in India's EV sector holds true beyond 2-, 3-, and 4-wheelers. E-bus maker #Olectragreentech, with #BYD as a partner, is now snapping at the heels of #TataMotors. In 3rd place is #PMI, which works with #Foton restofworld.org/2025/india-ev-… JMK Research & Analytics Rest of World

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“Even after the cap was lifted, WhatsApp didn’t do anything fundamentally different…” Read Ananya Bhattacharya's latest on why WhatsApp has lagged behind its competitors in the digital payments sector.

Despite having 500 million users in India, WhatsApp couldn’t crack the country’s $3 trillion fintech market, reports Ananya Bhattacharya for Rest of World restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-…

More than 500 million Indians use #WhatsApp and it's still not been able to break the #PhonePe #GooglePay #UPI duopoly. Despite #Meta's deep pockets, what is it that #WhatsAppPay lacks in both intent and execution? p.s. It's not just an India phenomenon restofworld.org/2025/whatsapp-…

The electrification goals of ride-hailing companies around the world are audacious — but are they achievable? From #Uber to #Bolt to #Grab, every major company's #EV reality differs vastly by region restofworld.org/2025/ride-hail…

Sharing my interview with ⁦Rest of World⁩ in which I argue that the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems. restofworld.org/2025/nandan-ni…

.Ananya Bhattacharya reporting for RoW: "BYD distracted the world while Chinese EV peers staged a coup" ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #alwaysbecharging x.com/rinachandran/s…

It’s not just BYD. Six of the world’s top 10 EV brands are now Chinese restofworld.org/2025/chinese-e…

After crashing out in the U.S., Vietnamese EV company VinFast is hoping to turn things around in India New from Ananya Bhattacharya: restofworld.org/2025/vinfast-i…