A personal retrospective covering 8 weeks of watching India's live dealer category — Hindi-table inventory that materialized vs stalled, PROGA Act 2025 first-quarter operational reality, app store moderation patterns I noticed on my Pixel, UPI/MCC routing changes, and what the May 2026 ground-level picture says about where the category goes through 2026.
A Bengaluru notebook on the Hindi-default Play Store tray in May 2026 — Andar Bahar finally getting real engineering, Teen Patti UX conventions crystallizing, the matka subsegment more segmented than English-side coverage admits, and where Hindi-first design actually shows up versus where it remains marketing façade.
A Bengaluru notebook on the live-dealer app trickle of April 2026 — what showed up on my Pixel, what got pulled, and why this category feels different.
India's AI narrative is loud. But what's actually shipping? A ground-level look at what companies are building versus what's being marketed.
The 2023 IT Rules on online gaming changed everything. Here's what the technical implementation looks like from inside the ecosystem.
Beyond the Silicon Valley comparisons — actual numbers, real burn rates, and what it costs to build in India's startup capital.
Low-end Android, patchy 4G, and price-sensitive users. The UX constraints that shaped India's app design philosophy.
The shift from IT services to product companies is real. How Indian engineers are now shipping global-first products.
Post-Paytm turbulence, what does India's fintech landscape look like? Account aggregators, ONDC, and the infrastructure plays.
1.4 billion Aadhaar IDs, 300M UPI users, 800M internet connections. Behind the headline numbers, a more complicated story.
From payments to entertainment — my personal shortlist of apps that have genuinely improved daily life in India.
India went from 'gaming is for kids' to the world's largest mobile gaming market in under a decade.
The engineering and policy decisions that turned UPI into the world's most used real-time payment rail.
An observer's take on the slot app category in India — install patterns, regulatory exposure, UX trends, and what the category looks like from outside the operator bubble.
Satta matka — one of India's oldest informal betting formats — has moved online. What the technical transition looks like, why it's regulatorily complicated, and what it means for India's broader gaming landscape.