Hi there, I was one of the editors on this piece, and I am an Indian so I completely understand your remark on the use of the word tuk-tuk. But there's a reason we used it in just one place in the story — RestofWorld has a global audience and in many parts of the world our readers don't really understand what a "rickshaw" or "3-wheeler" is. So we made this choice for their benefit. Hope that provides you some context... and, well, also... I am alive :)
Nice to see some more "mainstream" tech journalists popping into HN! I enjoyed the article btw.
(By mainstream I mean pertaining to less niche topics, e.g. articles about market penetration of alternative form factor EVs, vs. "the new version of eslint is now stable")
Thanks, mostly these days of course the writer has to also be their own editor :-(.
BTW my bit about mining and India's geography: it's not just that the subcontinent is large, and mining is a statistics game, but because it has (I don't know the official term) "collision" mountains (like California's Sierras and not like the Appalachian range that crosses north america and Europe) there are lots of opportunities for underground minerals to be brought to the surface. I expect India will be a resource exporter like Australia and Russia within the next 50 years.
