Chris Kay
@christopherkay.ft.com
Mumbai bureau chief at the Financial Times.
Previously with Bloomberg in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UK.
https://chriskay.co.uk/
https://www.ft.com/chris-kay
Previously with Bloomberg in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UK.
https://chriskay.co.uk/
https://www.ft.com/chris-kay
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The food safety sheriff on a hygiene crusade in Mumbai ft.trib.al/C4OYdjd | opinion
The food safety sheriff on a hygiene crusade in Mumbai
Restaurants, ice cream parlours and even elite members’ clubs have all been sanctioned for stomach-churning violations
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September 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The food safety sheriff on a hygiene crusade in Mumbai ft.trib.al/C4OYdjd | opinion
“Those businesses who are following the norms, they have nothing to fear from us.”
My piece on Tukaram Mundhe, the bureaucrat on a hygiene crusade whose stardom also reflects the low expectations Indians have of their civil servants | as.ft.com/r/2f8ac210-9... via @financialtimes.com
My piece on Tukaram Mundhe, the bureaucrat on a hygiene crusade whose stardom also reflects the low expectations Indians have of their civil servants | as.ft.com/r/2f8ac210-9... via @financialtimes.com
The food safety sheriff on a hygiene crusade in Mumbai
Restaurants, ice cream parlours and even elite members’ clubs have all been sanctioned for stomach-churning violations
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September 21, 2026 at 12:50 PM
“Those businesses who are following the norms, they have nothing to fear from us.”
My piece on Tukaram Mundhe, the bureaucrat on a hygiene crusade whose stardom also reflects the low expectations Indians have of their civil servants | as.ft.com/r/2f8ac210-9... via @financialtimes.com
My piece on Tukaram Mundhe, the bureaucrat on a hygiene crusade whose stardom also reflects the low expectations Indians have of their civil servants | as.ft.com/r/2f8ac210-9... via @financialtimes.com
India gets hooked on ‘snackable’ micro-dramas.
“Micro-dramas are the future of our industry . . . big production houses are jumping into it. Every studio is booked” | as.ft.com/r/718f64d3-f... via @financialtimes.com
“Micro-dramas are the future of our industry . . . big production houses are jumping into it. Every studio is booked” | as.ft.com/r/718f64d3-f... via @financialtimes.com
India gets hooked on ‘snackable’ micro-dramas
Popularity of short-form videos has created employment for many actors, technicians and producers
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September 20, 2026 at 9:41 AM
India gets hooked on ‘snackable’ micro-dramas.
“Micro-dramas are the future of our industry . . . big production houses are jumping into it. Every studio is booked” | as.ft.com/r/718f64d3-f... via @financialtimes.com
“Micro-dramas are the future of our industry . . . big production houses are jumping into it. Every studio is booked” | as.ft.com/r/718f64d3-f... via @financialtimes.com
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Billionaire Tata scion faces battle of his life to avert a listing ft.trib.al/5vQhuV7
Billionaire Tata scion faces battle of his life to avert a listing
Noel Tata is up against the 150-year-old business empire’s chair and his well-connected New Delhi allies
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September 20, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Billionaire Tata scion faces battle of his life to avert a listing ft.trib.al/5vQhuV7
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The AI threat to India’s IT jobs machine ft.trib.al/OKH8JNx
The AI threat to India’s IT jobs machine
The country has bet big on tech services but disruption is coming
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August 11, 2026 at 4:31 AM
The AI threat to India’s IT jobs machine ft.trib.al/OKH8JNx
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There’s always a local angle
July 11, 2026 at 3:11 AM
There’s always a local angle
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This column by @christopherkay.ft.com highlights an important issue - as AI becomes more important and powerful, how do countries avoid becoming dependent on US centric models? is open-source AI enough? www.ft.com/content/3729...
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits
Country still needs to play catch-up if it is to become self-reliant in the use of the technology
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June 25, 2026 at 8:58 AM
This column by @christopherkay.ft.com highlights an important issue - as AI becomes more important and powerful, how do countries avoid becoming dependent on US centric models? is open-source AI enough? www.ft.com/content/3729...
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What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits ft.trib.al/m3twLa3 | opinion
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits
Country still needs to play catch-up if it is to become self-reliant in the use of the technology
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June 24, 2026 at 11:45 PM
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits ft.trib.al/m3twLa3 | opinion
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits - www.ft.com/content/3729... via @financialtimes.com
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits
Country still needs to play catch-up if it is to become self-reliant in the use of the technology
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June 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM
What Ambani’s deep-tech ambitions reveal about India’s AI limits - www.ft.com/content/3729... via @financialtimes.com
India plays ‘whack-a-mole’ with finfluencers.
“They thought they could sell dreams that many people have made profits,” Sebi chair tells @financialtimes.com. “These dreams were completely hyped and were even outright lies in some cases.”
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“They thought they could sell dreams that many people have made profits,” Sebi chair tells @financialtimes.com. “These dreams were completely hyped and were even outright lies in some cases.”
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India plays ‘whack-a-mole’ with online financial influencers
Regulator targets scammers who give stock tips under guise of financial education as ranks of retail investors grow
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June 22, 2026 at 6:05 AM
India plays ‘whack-a-mole’ with finfluencers.
“They thought they could sell dreams that many people have made profits,” Sebi chair tells @financialtimes.com. “These dreams were completely hyped and were even outright lies in some cases.”
www.ft.com/content/79ef...
“They thought they could sell dreams that many people have made profits,” Sebi chair tells @financialtimes.com. “These dreams were completely hyped and were even outright lies in some cases.”
www.ft.com/content/79ef...
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Ambani’s Jio set to file for IPO as hopes grow for end to India’s listings drought ft.trib.al/MKlOviH
Ambani’s Jio set to file for IPO as hopes grow for end to India’s listings drought
Iran war has hit country’s equity market and disrupted what was positioned to be another record year for flotations
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June 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Ambani’s Jio set to file for IPO as hopes grow for end to India’s listings drought ft.trib.al/MKlOviH
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Cricket fans - a column here from @christopherkay.ft.com on how India’s cricket cash machine - the IPL - faces a slower commercial run rate www.ft.com/content/eefd...
India’s cricket cash machine faces a slower run rate
The commercial pitch has become tougher for teams amid less competition for streaming rights and an advertising crackdown
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May 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Cricket fans - a column here from @christopherkay.ft.com on how India’s cricket cash machine - the IPL - faces a slower commercial run rate www.ft.com/content/eefd...
The Indian Premier League transformed cricket’s flagging economics and entrenched India’s global political dominance of the game.
But the IPL's commercial pitch is set to become tougher with limited to no competition for the next media rights cycle.
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But the IPL's commercial pitch is set to become tougher with limited to no competition for the next media rights cycle.
www.ft.com/content/eefd...
India’s cricket cash machine faces a slower run rate
The commercial pitch has become tougher for teams amid less competition for streaming rights and an advertising crackdown
www.ft.com
May 11, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The Indian Premier League transformed cricket’s flagging economics and entrenched India’s global political dominance of the game.
But the IPL's commercial pitch is set to become tougher with limited to no competition for the next media rights cycle.
www.ft.com/content/eefd...
But the IPL's commercial pitch is set to become tougher with limited to no competition for the next media rights cycle.
www.ft.com/content/eefd...
Modi calls on Indians to tighten their belts amid Gulf crisis, as well as avoid travelling abroad for holidays and weddings.
“Now that the elections are over, Modi can be more realistic about the economic issues”
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“Now that the elections are over, Modi can be more realistic about the economic issues”
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Narendra Modi calls on Indians to tighten their belts amid Gulf crisis
PM asks citizens to work from home, limit gold purchases and stop travelling abroad to conserve foreign exchange
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May 11, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Modi calls on Indians to tighten their belts amid Gulf crisis, as well as avoid travelling abroad for holidays and weddings.
“Now that the elections are over, Modi can be more realistic about the economic issues”
www.ft.com/content/39a9...
“Now that the elections are over, Modi can be more realistic about the economic issues”
www.ft.com/content/39a9...
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always loved this photo of Churchgate station in Mumbai in 1995 (i lived around the corner at the time) by the great Raghu Rai who has just died. NYTimes obit here www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
April 28, 2026 at 11:18 AM
always loved this photo of Churchgate station in Mumbai in 1995 (i lived around the corner at the time) by the great Raghu Rai who has just died. NYTimes obit here www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
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No dosa today: India’s cooking gas crisis ft.trib.al/w0n2sFd | opinion
No dosa today: India’s cooking gas crisis
Households are buying up induction stoves and chaiwalas have closed as Iran conflict hits the country’s supply of LPG
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April 22, 2026 at 3:12 PM
No dosa today: India’s cooking gas crisis ft.trib.al/w0n2sFd | opinion
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The outspoken founder of Biocon on the pros and cons of weight-loss drugs, misogynistic trolling — and how to get India’s tech capital moving again: ft.trib.al/PBmbRX1
April 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The outspoken founder of Biocon on the pros and cons of weight-loss drugs, misogynistic trolling — and how to get India’s tech capital moving again: ft.trib.al/PBmbRX1
Biotech billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: ‘I’ve always been very unconventional’
The Biocon founder on building an Indian pharma powerhouse, weight-loss drugs — and how to get Bangalore moving again. Do read my first Lunch with the FT.
www.ft.com/content/08e9...
The Biocon founder on building an Indian pharma powerhouse, weight-loss drugs — and how to get Bangalore moving again. Do read my first Lunch with the FT.
www.ft.com/content/08e9...
Biotech billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: ‘I’ve always been very unconventional’
The Biocon founder on building an Indian corporate powerhouse, weight-loss drugs — and how to get Bengaluru moving again
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April 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Biotech billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: ‘I’ve always been very unconventional’
The Biocon founder on building an Indian pharma powerhouse, weight-loss drugs — and how to get Bangalore moving again. Do read my first Lunch with the FT.
www.ft.com/content/08e9...
The Biocon founder on building an Indian pharma powerhouse, weight-loss drugs — and how to get Bangalore moving again. Do read my first Lunch with the FT.
www.ft.com/content/08e9...
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The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn? ft.trib.al/2jya0Ao
The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn?
Reliance Industries has made no announcement to the stock exchange about the project in Brownsville, Texas
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April 8, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The question over Trump’s ‘historic’ refinery deal: $300bn or $40mn? ft.trib.al/2jya0Ao
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The downfall of Byju's, once India's most valuable start-up worth $22bn, turned into a global courtroom drama.
The @financialtimes.com's Mumbai bureau chief @christopherkay.ft.com takes us inside the saga on this episode of Behind the Money.
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The @financialtimes.com's Mumbai bureau chief @christopherkay.ft.com takes us inside the saga on this episode of Behind the Money.
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April 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The downfall of Byju's, once India's most valuable start-up worth $22bn, turned into a global courtroom drama.
The @financialtimes.com's Mumbai bureau chief @christopherkay.ft.com takes us inside the saga on this episode of Behind the Money.
🎧: podfollow.com/behind-the-m...
The @financialtimes.com's Mumbai bureau chief @christopherkay.ft.com takes us inside the saga on this episode of Behind the Money.
🎧: podfollow.com/behind-the-m...
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always here for takes on the state of Bollywood - read here from Krishn Kausik and @christopherkay.ft.com www.ft.com/content/f1d6...
Bollywood tries to get back its glitter
The Indian cinema industry now often makes many predictable films that fewer people want to pay to see
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March 31, 2026 at 7:06 AM
always here for takes on the state of Bollywood - read here from Krishn Kausik and @christopherkay.ft.com www.ft.com/content/f1d6...
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India’s central bank battles to protect rupee from Iran war fallout ft.trib.al/xiB0xNE
India’s central bank battles to protect rupee from Iran war fallout
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March 19, 2026 at 9:44 PM
India’s central bank battles to protect rupee from Iran war fallout ft.trib.al/xiB0xNE
In May, India's law ministry refused to serve the SEC's legal summons to Adani, citing “the absence of an ink signature on the SEC’s cover letter and a seal”, which the US regulator argued was not required.
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US regulator steps up effort to serve charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani
SEC asks for permission to send summons by email after India’s government refused to formally notify tycoon
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January 23, 2026 at 5:41 AM
In May, India's law ministry refused to serve the SEC's legal summons to Adani, citing “the absence of an ink signature on the SEC’s cover letter and a seal”, which the US regulator argued was not required.
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“Private Indian energy giants could make a killing from refining more Venezuelan heavy crude, and India could achieve its goal of better diversifying its sources of foreign oil — and especially if it continues to scale back Russian oil imports.”
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Indian oil refiners see opportunity in Donald Trump’s Venezuela action
Groups including Reliance stand to benefit as they seek low-cost alternative to sanctioned Russian supply
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January 11, 2026 at 11:17 AM
“Private Indian energy giants could make a killing from refining more Venezuelan heavy crude, and India could achieve its goal of better diversifying its sources of foreign oil — and especially if it continues to scale back Russian oil imports.”
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www.ft.com/content/8070... India’s turbulent year in aviation: “In the US and China, there are several peer-sized airlines that can step in to ease shocks. India doesn’t have that.” @christopherkay.ft.com
India’s turbulent year in aviation
Travel meltdown at IndiGo and fatal Air India crash spur calls to break duopoly in world’s third-largest air transport market
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December 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
www.ft.com/content/8070... India’s turbulent year in aviation: “In the US and China, there are several peer-sized airlines that can step in to ease shocks. India doesn’t have that.” @christopherkay.ft.com