“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new.” Famous words by Free India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Fast forward to almost 7 decades later - there isn’t 1 specific moment that can be pointed out, but it’s safe to say that India once again is at the cusp of a new dawn - a digital dawn. No longer is digital just about the computer you are using or the electronic watch on your wrist. Today digital technology has permeated into every aspect of our lives. The Do Big Symposium – 2015-2016 presented by Tata DoCoMo and powered by CNBC TV18 aimed to start a conversation with industry stalwarts and to hear from them about how they have seen digital disrupt their industry as well as other businesses across the country. We pit-stopped at 7 cities - Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad & Chennai where a mix of establish

Saturday evenings make for great parties, movie plans or catching up with friends. But this Saturday before catching up with friends I accompanied my sister and niece to the swimming pool at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) for an early evening swim. While my sister was busy teaching my niece the basics of swimming, I couldn't help but notice that for every adult in the pool there must have been at least 4 adolescents. And it got me wondering, what kind of water games does this Generation Y (or Z, or whatever we are calling them now) play in the pool? They've moved from lagori (7 tiles) to tablets, pakda pakdi (catch catch) to whatsapp messaging and cricket and football under the mid day sun to cricket and football under the air conditioner on the XBox/PS3. So I listened and watched. A group of 4-5 twelve year olds formed a straight line on the diving board and jumped one after the other into the pool screaming out incoherent war cries. A girl tossed a shiny 2 ru