Raghav’s 2 November files are in: the full book (139 pages), the profiles booklet and the cover of Seeds of Silicon. Of the 48 items on the morning fix list, 26 are fixed and 13 were settled by the team. Seven items remain open for Raghav and Drishti, six of them blocking, plus twelve rows of typos from a full read.
Source: TI Editorial.xlsx, Sheet1, reviewed 15 October 2026. Counts refer to workbook sections, including timelines and endmatter. “Vf Ready” is the tracker’s editorial label; it does not establish narrator approval.
| Section | Tracker status |
|---|---|
| Epigraph + Foreword | Vf Ready |
| Introduction | Vf Ready |
| [tech terms] | Vf Ready |
| [Satellite-Bullock Cart Image + quote] | Vf Ready |
| I. [timeline I] | In progress |
| Between Bangalores | Vf Ready |
| The Playground City | Waiting for quote approval |
| The Big Three | Vf Ready |
| A Checklist of 40 | Vf Ready |
| Semi—What? | Vf Ready |
| The State Learns Software | Vf Ready |
| II. [timeline II] | Waiting for quote approval |
| The Wholly Owned Foreign Subsidiary | Vf Ready |
| In Foreign Parts | Vf Ready |
| The Madness before the Method | Vf Ready |
| On Your Own Time | Vf Ready |
| III. [timeline III] | In progress |
| The Boneyard | In progress |
| The Fishbowl | Vf Ready |
| Tech Capital in the Making | Vf Ready |
| Further Analysis Required | Vf Ready |
| Second-order Effect | Vf Ready |
| Profiles | In progress |
| Glossary | Vf Ready |
| Acknowledgements | In progress |
| PICTURES | In progress |
The tracker does not provide a complete final word count. “Ready” here is an editorial status, not permission to print every quotation.
Many people have responded, per Nikhil’s update on 15 October. The encrypted sign-off register holds the individual replies, requested changes and follow-ups. It is the record to use for clearance.
Match approvals to the final words and attribution. Log and apply changes, and remove anything declined.
Agree a final chase date. Replace or cut material that remains uncleared before the files go to print.
The original reply-by date was 7 October. The register remains open for resolution; a missed deadline does not count as consent. No approval total is inferred from the editorial tracker.
The complete book, the profiles booklet and the cover arrived on 2 November. The colophon names Pragati Offset as printer and Rashmi Kamath as proofreader, with a first edition dated December 2026. The printer’s estimates are in the private papers.
The current workbook marks the commissioned pieces Vf Ready. Their original briefs remain available as background.
Pranav V S. Original brief: Bangalore in 1985.
Irfan Amin Malik. Original brief: the political and bureaucratic story.
Kunal Talgeri. Original brief: the GCC story.
The meeting menu contains the dated records. Each page separates what was discussed then from the current dashboard.
Name, narrator replies, editorial and design, the printing quote, marketing and pricing.
Final quote review, factual corrections and the complete-PDF commitment.
Quotation, binding dummy and final chapter files.
Narrator review, visual material, editions and launch preparation.
The group call did not take place. No substantive decisions are recorded.
The Archive provides the recordings and source links. Its chapter map still reflects the 7 September draft. The latest local fact-checked chapter export is dated 29 September; the editorial workbook above gives the newer section status.
Ankur’s private draft context remains the 4 September snapshot. Use the final manuscript and the narrator reply record for final corrections. A source link or a polished page does not establish clearance.
Session and voice counts cover interviews only. Passage, editorial-value, telling-moment and counter-evidence totals also include planning calls. Archive candidates are not the final print-quote set.
| Contributor | Amount | Received |
|---|---|---|
| Giri Krishna | ₹88,500 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Sharada Satrasala | ₹88,500 | 23 Jun 2026 |
| Gangadhar Burra | ₹88,500 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Praveen Prathivadi | ₹88,500 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Arun Garg | ₹88,500 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| G. Ravishankar | ₹50,000 | 24 Jun 2026 |
| Ashok Bareja | ₹40,000 | 3 Jul 2026 |
| Sattam Dasgupta | ₹75,000 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Mahesh Mehendale | ₹75,000 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Ramesh Dewangan | ₹50,000 | 19 Jul 2026 |
| Soumitra De Sirkar | ₹76,329 | 22 and 31 Jul 2026 |
| Sushil Gupta | ₹75,000 | 3 Aug 2026 |
| Bhanu Kapoor | ₹25,000 | 4 Sep 2026 |
| V. Ramachandran to confirm | ₹50,000 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Sanjive Agarwala | ₹75,000 | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Mahitha Chelladurai to confirm | ₹75,000 | 21 and 22 Oct 2026 |
| Mohan Kumar to confirm | ₹50,000 | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Srini Rajam | ₹75,000 | 22 Oct 2026 |
| Champaka Ramachandran to confirm | ₹75,000 | 24 Oct 2026 |
| Geetha Arun | ₹10,000 | 27 Oct 2026 |
| Total | ₹13,18,829 |
Checked against the DERS bank statements to 2 November 2026. 8 to 31 August 2026 is still to be checked. Names marked “to confirm” are matched from the bank record. Each contributor confirms how their name prints in the book.
| Buyer | Copies | Advance received | Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| TII | 1,500 | ₹8,25,000 | 31 Oct 2026 |
50% advance on the group's order of 1,500 copies. Orders are sales, not contributions, and are not in the total above.