India’s multilingual AI model for the world
By
Binu Mathew
With Adi Vaani, India is offering not just cultural preservation at home but a model of inclusive, frugal, and globally replicable AI.
The Global Challenge
Languages are more than communication—they are carriers of heritage, ecological wisdom, and collective memory. Yet, according to UNESCO, nearly 50% of the world’s 7,000 languages could disappear by 2100, erasing knowledge systems accumulated over centuries.
