Archive - The India Notes 🇮🇳

WhatsApp owns India!

A Primer on the India's Invisible Business Operating System

Oct 29, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

Seekho is a crazy subscription business.

100M+ Downloads • $10M monthly revenue • Zero ads revenue

Sep 30, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

The untold story of Where is My Train's 100M users

How a small team built Google's first Indian consumer acquisition?

Aug 12, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

Indians play (WhatsApp) status games!

Role of WhatsApp in Indian families.

Feb 16, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

What Indian Consumers Want in 2026?

A founder's failure, five consumer themes, and a quiet restart

Dec 26, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

Sri Mandir UX Audit

Designing an online temple

May 16, 2023 • Dharmesh Ba

India's lesser known Goldmines!

Masala movies, South India and YouTube

Jan 20 • Dharmesh Ba

The China Playbook Indian Founders Haven't Read

An interview with Alysha Lobo, Ex-Universal Robots & Rapyuta Robotics

Dec 10, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

Astrology is a drug!

Effects of abundant fortune telling at tap.

Sep 9, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

QC: Implications of life in the fast lane

Role of women, loneliness and Kirana stores.

Nov 2, 2024 • Dharmesh Ba

India badly needs its own ElevenLabs, and it's a billion-dollar opportunity

Cultural nuances in building Indian voice AI

Jul 29, 2025 • Dharmesh Ba

How did Flipkart convince Indians to buy online?

Product conversation with Arindam Mukherjee, Ex Flipkart director of products

Jun 20, 2023 • Adyasha Padhy and Dharmesh Ba

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