Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a peculiar trend: every food truck owner calls themselves an entrepreneur, every app developer...

"Are we truly disrupting—or just repackaging convenience?" When Commerce Minister Sh. Piyush Goyal posed this pointed question at Startup Mahakumbh 2025, it sent ripples through India's startup community. Some found his tone unnecessarily harsh, others saw it as a necessary wake-up call. But beneath the controversy lies a deeper question that demands our attention: Has India's startup ecosystem lost its way?