What emerged wasn’t simply science communication or public outreach, but a searching examination of science’s relationship with power, truth, society, and the human body. What could have been a technical discussion became an examination of how colonial pathways of power persist in digital infrastructure. “Two out of every three new cables are being laid by one of these four big tech companies,” Subramanian reported. Power and Infrastructure: Whether undersea cables, scientific institutions, or feeding networks for stray dogs, infrastructure isn’t neutral. The Hyderabad Literature Festival’s third edition, held once again at Sattva Knowledge City in HITEC City, positioned science not as separate from but central to understanding literature, culture, politics, and human experience.