What separates leaders is how they process challenges

AFTER OVER THREE decades in the industry, I have come to see disruption not as isolated events but as a continuous recalibration of what is possible. Each wave of change has expanded the aperture for those willing to rethink fundamentals, while exposing the fragility of assumptions for those who weren't.

- BY DEEP KALRA FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, MAKEMYTRIP

The 1991 liberalisation was as much about policy shifts as it was about unlocking a mindset. For the first time, Indian businesses could think beyond protected markets. Ambition wasn't constrained by quotas or licenses. What followed wasn't just growth but a fundamental reimagining of scale and competitiveness. The internet amplified this, creating business models that couldn't have existed before, and democratising access to information, capital and customers in ways that rewarded agility.