Last weekend was a super one for the world of sport for exactly the reasons why we love sport – a demonstration of resilience and fighting against the odds. We saw two legends of basketball Lebron James and Stephen Curry do what they do best in a last second thriller between the Lakers and Warriors. […]
Income and wealth inequalities have been ascribed to the ill effects of capitalism. But it has reared its ugly head in the unlikeliest of places – Germany. “For much of its postwar history, Germany was a beacon of prosperity and political stability. Now its economy is stagnating, and social harmony has given way to acrimony […]
Over the past couple of years, several of us have seen in our personal lives seemingly healthy people drop dead from a massive cardiac arrest. Now research- in India and beyond – is showing that these deaths are in all likelihood related to the aftereffects of Covid-19: “….a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research […]
Banking is meant to be a boring business. Yet, there is clamour from corporate houses to get a banking license and history is strewn with stories of banks going out of business, some because of fraud but most due to greed. In this context, it is worth understanding the banker at the helm of the […]
Living in the comfort of India’s megacities, we in Marcellus merrily write about the ascent of India’s women (click here for our latest piece: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-rapid-rise-of-female-entrepreneurs-in-india/). Meanwhile, back in the ranch in rural India, a different – more medieval – reality rumbles on. As Jigyasa Mishra explains in this piece, “On September 11, 2022, Seeta*, 43, branded a […]
Did you know that “There are at least 9,000 make-up artists in the Hindi film industry alone and close to 20,000 across the country”? Neither did we until we stumbled upon this fascinating piece on makeup artists by Nandini Ramnath. Apart from being entertaining, the piece is a great case study of how when a broader economy […]
Whilst wars are tragic by any definition, they are indeed a political manifestation. It is in this context we found this piece from the fairly outspoken Edward Luttwak, of interest. Professor Luttwak is a strategist and historian known for his works on grand strategy, geoeconomics, military history, and international relations. His most recent book is The Art of […]
It is that time of the year when the world’s rich and famous get together in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum to discuss and hopefully solve the world’s problems. Yet, as this article in the Politico shows, the discourse on some of the most pressing issues concerning humanity doesn’t come across as particularly […]
At a time when the usual worries about technology replacing humans are heightened because of the advent of AI, this article highlights a ‘labour-saving technology’ which hasn’t worked in the West (and thankfully has never made it to India). The tech in question is ‘self-checkout kiosks in supermarkets’. When we visit Europe or America for […]
India has historically attempted to curb smoking through a combination prohibitively high taxation, a ban on foreign investment and more recently a ban on e-cigarettes. And rightly so given the harmful nature of cigarettes on human health. Whilst this has resulted in slowing growth in cigarette consumption, also helped by increased awareness among the youth, […]
Now, let’s do a 180-degree pivot and focus on an article which says that AI and algorithms and Instagram are totally disrupting the field of architecture. This FT article uses breathtaking animation to reinforce its point of view, namely, that architecture as we knew it is dying a new type of tech-savvy AI powered architect […]
This is a superb long essay which uses an uncontroversial subject – the interior design of cafes and restaurants – to make a powerful point, namely, how social media can utterly destroy your sense of originality, individuality and ultimately your sense of identity. This article is adapted from Kyle Chayka’s book “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture”. […]
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