At the Adda held on April 27, global investor and author Ruchir Sharma spoke on how India is grappling with a ‘monomaniacal’ shift toward AI, the West Asia energy crisis, and why he wouldn’t bet on China. He was in conversation with Anant Goenka Anant Goenka: You were the first to speak about Poland’s rise, you spoke about China four years ago, and provided deep analysis of the ‘Modi versus Modi’ dynamic in 2024. We were in Kolkata together recently. Beyond just the local politics of Bengal, why should people in south Bombay — an island that often doesn’t care about what happens around the world — care about these four state elections? You don’t have to care but you might want to if you want to understand the country. This was our 34th election trip. I started this practice nearly 30 years ago with the idea that every single year, I want to do at least one election trip that serves as a journey of India. Elections are the time when India truly comes alive.…