Yesterday, at London Tech Week, a fellow executive told me, “We build our own
AI, so third‑party risk isn’t a concern.” I understand the sentiment, but it’s
dangerously incomplete.
On May 2, 2025, the Department of Electronics & IT, Government of Odisha, in
collaboration with the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion
Council (ESC), hosted the event From Temples to Tech in Bhubaneswar.
Versailles is not merely a monument of monarchy—it is where space became
ideology, art became declaration, and every stone, garden, and ceiling offered
performance over permanence. In these frames, we witness not just a palace but a
ruler’s theatre. Gilded illusions cloaked growing hunger, sculptures whispered
divine claims, and even furniture became an emblem of authority. This series
explores how the grandeur served as both aesthetic and apparatus.