Every day, a billion people in India consume three hours of video-based entertainment. Against this backdrop, Mumbai is about to host the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) from May 1-4, 2025. The vision of WAVES is to make India a global hub for entertainment content creation. While it leverages India’s longstanding strengths in this pace, India is also emerging as a champion of accessible entertainment due to a number of legislative and policy developments.

The build up to WAVES is palpable. The PM is inaugurating the summit. A bevy of superstars pack the panels. In this high-octane environment, credit to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for including a panel on media accessibility. On that panel, longtime advocates of inclusion will give voice to the possibility of making all entertainment content ‘born’ accessible.