The Indian Media & Entertainment industry has always underestimated India’s intelligence and ambition. From films to podcasts, its impulse has always been to serve the lowest common denominator.

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Therefore, unfortunately, the new emergent Indian - hungry to learn, grow intellectually and materially - finds himself alienated by this ecosystem. His media diet is disproportionately non-Indian and Western.

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A nation cannot grow creatively and culturally by alienating its best and most ambitious minds. There is no reason why a highly globalized population like ours cannot create media that captures the imagination of the world.

I want to create and enable creation of art and media that makes the best Indians proud. Something that is original to us, not a first-copy of the West, and something that deeply reflects our past, present and guides our future.

Currently, I am doing so by creating myself, and helping other individuals and companies do the same.

My long-term aim is to own, either wholly or partly, the content I create or help create. Once I have enough capital, I want to fund other creators like me, and more ambitious formats like films and shows.

If you too believe in this idea, I’d love to know you! You can DM me on X, or write to me at palash[at]cozm.in.