Zoho Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu's latest advice to young entrepreneurs, "to marry and have kids in their 20s" sparked an intense online debate on social media on Wednesday, November 19. Vembu's appeal to the young to fulfill their "demographic duty" seemed not to resonate with netizens who highlighted "trade off" when 20-year-olds marry early.

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Sridhar Vembu wrote in a post on X on Wednesday, "I advise young entrepreneurs I meet, both men and women, to marry and have kids in their 20s and not keep postponing it."

He was reacting to entrepreneur Upasana Konidela's post, in which she recalled her experience during an interaction with students at IIT Hyderabad. She said more men than women had raised their hands when she asked, “How many of you want to get married?”

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