Sep 7, 2026
Author Spotlight: G. D. Naidu — The Mind Is the Most Powerful Machine
A deep dive on G. D. Naidu — the third-grade dropout from Coimbatore called the 'Edison of India,' who saved for three years to buy a British motorcycle just so he could dismantle it, taught himself engineering from the inside out, built India's first indigenous electric motor and its first prototype petrol car, and ran a 600-bus transport empire before giving it all away to build schools; his defining reflections on the power of the mind, self-confidence, and the youth of the nation; and the legacy of the inventor rediscovered by a new generation through the 2026 film GDN.