Born in 2015

Bajrangi Bhaijaan was a film about a man returning a lost Pakistani girl to her family — an act of simple human decency across one of the world's most complicated borders. It was enormous in both countries. India's smartphone revolution was reaching everyone — cheap Android phones and Jio data were just around the corner.

Start-up culture was taking hold in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Delhi. A new generation of Indian entrepreneurs was building companies that competed globally from day one.