Threa- given tht India has tackled some of the knottiest problems in tech (real time retail 3rd party bank transfers, 100% online stock exchanges, 100% online rail booking system, eg) at such large scale, video apps like TikTok shd be trivial for our capabilities. https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1277708809088061440

Often, it isnt abt the tech, but imagination of the problem and its solution tht is the issue. We have v good soln for ID'ed problem statements - core banking, eg, has tons of globally known Indian solns. It is w/un-ID-ed problems - wht did TikTok solve, btw? - tht we have issues

But the Chinese model - ringfence out the world - allows domestic me-too copies of new sexy soln for newly ID-ed problems. For a cntry tht rolled out BHIM in such quick time, a Whatsapp clone shd be easy pickings, if WA wasnt allowed in India (like in China).