Anand Shah

India's Great Strides

Reuben Abraham, Nisha Biswal, Raju Narisetti, Irfan Nooruddin, Anand Shah

Raju Rajagopal founded *Mint* in 2007 to introduce Western journalistic ethics to India's growing business sector, capitalizing on demographic shifts that would eventually make it the country's second-largest newspaper. The publication's success occurred alongside a strategic transformation in US-India relations under Narendra Modi, characterized by heightened diplomatic engagement and a "dynamic" partnership despite anticipated transactional tensions. Simultaneously, India leveraged digital infrastructure like the "India Stack" and Aadhaar to bypass traditional banking hurdles, driving massive financial inclusion while navigating complex domestic reforms such as the Goods and Services Tax.