A Moment In Time

Fortune India Just Turned 100. Well, Sort Of. We Are 100 Issues Old, A Milestone That Caps An Extraordinary Journey Of Groundbreaking Stories On The Movers And Shakers Of The Business World. Here’s To The Next 100.

- Arnika Thakur

WHEN FORTUNE INDIA launched in October 2010, it was fitting to begin with an article Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in Fortune’s April 1942 issue. Making a case for India’s independence, Nehru prophetically said the future belonged to Asia and the world couldn’t afford to ignore India. He was right. Today, India is the world’s fastest growing major economy—and is poised to grow even further.

Fortune India published its first issue more than 65 years after Nehru’s article and almost 20 years after the country threw open its economic doors. We couldn’t have picked a more fitting time: Economic growth was unprecedented; India’s newly globalised companies were part of many cross-border deals; and they were managing a workforce that was multi-lingual, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural. Our first cover story was about the onerous task of managing such a varied workforce and how companies managing such a global workforce were going to determine the India story abroad. And, just like that, it also set the tone for Fortune India stories: edgy and ahead of the curve with a finger on the pulse of the business world.