Independent business & technology journalGlobal desk · August 2026Read with context

Technology & leadership

Meera Kapoor

6 stories · Business · Women in Leadership · Technology · Art & Culture

Meera writes about the people running the largest technology companies and about women reaching the top of Indian business. The Pichai, Narayana Murthy and Roshni Nadar files are hers.

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Business

Adam Grant: The Psychologist Making Work Feel More Human

From 'Give and Take' to 'Think Again' — how Adam Grant uses hard research to change the way millions of people think about work and generosity.

Women in Leadership

Melanie Perkins: The Founder Who Made Design Effortless for Everyone

Rejected by dozens of investors, Melanie Perkins built Canva into one of the world's most valuable software companies from Australia.

Women in Leadership

Roshni Nadar Malhotra: The Woman Leading One of India's Biggest Tech Empires

As chair of HCL, Roshni Nadar Malhotra became one of the first women to lead a major listed Indian IT company — on her own terms.

Technology

Demis Hassabis: The Chess Prodigy Solving Science With AI

From game designer to Nobel laureate, how Demis Hassabis built DeepMind and used AI to crack one of biology's grand challenges.

Technology

Narayana Murthy: The Founder Who Put Indian IT on the World Map

How Narayana Murthy and six co-founders built Infosys from a tiny startup into a symbol of India's global technology-services boom.

Art & Culture

Oprah Winfrey: How a Talk Show Host Built a Media Empire

Oprah Winfrey turned a daytime talk show into a personal brand and business empire — and became one of the most influential figures in media.