For years, India’s digital divide wasn’t about access to devices, but access to essential services. While billions own internet-connected phones, millions still can’t access healthcare, banking, education, or government services because the digital world was designed around screens, literacy, and interfaces that don’t align with how most Indians communicate.

This is changing. Voice-led AI and large language models are transforming language into the new interface, creating an equaliser for all. If leveraged right, this shift won’t just foster inclusion; it could ignite India’s next wave of economic growth.

Voice as the Equaliser

By 2026, rural India will account for 56 per cent of new internet users, with women making up two-thirds of that number, according to the Internet and Mobile Association of India. Imagine a villager dialling a number, asking in their native language about government schemes, mandi prices, or........

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