Long read: The sports where women outperform men
Evidence is emerging that in growing number of sports, women perform better than men. These remarkable feats by women are in turn throwing light on how evolution has made women stronger than men in several areas. That in turn is raising tricky questions about the role of gender in sports. Christine Ro of the BBC […]
Short read: Anshuman Gaekwad knew to put guts over glory, and that is no small thing
Last week, the former coach of India’s national cricket team and opening batsmen for India in the 1970s and 80s, Anshuman Gaekwad passed away. He was 71 and had been diagnosed with blood cancer in a hospital in London. Those of us who grew up watching Test cricket on Doordarshan in the 1980s would remember […]
Short read: Why getting a name right matters
Some North Indians do it to South Indians. Some Westerns do it to Indians. Some Indians do it to Africans. Mispronouncing the same person’s name repeatedly is not just an insult; it is also a subtle signal to the person whose name is being mispronounced that they should fall in-line with whatever is deemed mainstream […]
Short read: PR Sreejesh: Know Indian hockey legend who ended his career with a Olympic bronze medal
The Indian Olympic campaign has been nothing less than tragic with so many fourth position finishes and near misses. Amidst the disappointments, the Indian hockey team won a second consecutive bronze to match its Tokyo feat. In what is the country’s national sport and a sport that we dominated for several decades with eight Olympic […]
Long read: Humans Are Not Built For Investing
Yet another brilliant piece from the Ritholtz stable. Along with the blogs, Barry’s podcasts with its incredible line up of guests provide invaluable insights on personal finance among other things. This one is on behavioural aspects of investing with Dr. Daniel Crosby, who is Chief Behavioral Officer at Orion Advisor Solutions, where he helps financial advisors […]
Long read: No God in the machine: the Pitfalls of AI Worship
The chorus is building up about AI not living up to its hype – atleast the use cases not yet being commensurate to the hundreds of billions invested in GPU capacity by the hyperscalers – Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta. The comparison with the internet boom of the late 90s (and the eventual bust) seem […]
Long read: Coaching Centres are a sign of broken-window economics. See how China crushed it all overnight
Three needless deaths in an illegally constructed basement in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi, of aspiring civil servants who were studying for their UPSC exams has roused the editor of The Print. In this piece Shekhar Gupta highlights the inherent hypocrisy underlying India’s decades long public policy that schools & colleges should be ‘not for profit’. […]
Prudent Corporate: The tollbooth for Indian SIPs
Prudent Corporate, India’s third-largest mutual fund distributor, has grown revenues and EPS by 29% and 46% respectively over FY19-24. During this period, Prudent has risen from being the 7th largest distributor to being the 3rd largest in FY24, surpassing giants such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank in terms of mutual fund commissions earned. Prudent’s success can […]
Short read: “It’s a big push for employment-intensive growth”
The policy measures announced in the Union Budget to boost employment comes across as an acknowledgement of the dire need to create jobs and reap the demographic dividend that we have all known as the Indian economy’s biggest strength. In a candid interview with India Today, India’s finance secretary TV Somanathan articulates the problem statement […]
Short read: The internet is drowning in trendy suitcases, and millennials can’t stop buying them
This is a lovely piece on how online marketing via social media changes the basis for competition in an industry. Whilst Elizabeth Segran has written this piece in the global context, much of what she’s talking about is true for India as well. A decade ago most of us were using luggage made by global […]
Short read: Humayun pioneered architecture, art, and astronomy. Now he’s got his own museum
Courtesy our high school history lessons, most of us remember Humayun as the ruler who was trounced by Sher Shah Suri in 1539 in Bihar and then had to flee to Iran. However, a group of Humayun fans believe that Humayan was just as glorious a ruler as his son, Akbar. Turning their thoughts into […]
Long read: $800 -> $85k in 72 Hours: Reflections on Luck and Skill from the Part Time Poker Grind
The title as acknowledged by the author is intentionally clickbaity but the subject of the article is how process and not results are a better signal of skill in activities involving a significant amount of luck such as poker, investing or even business. The author who plays poker as a hobby talks about his recent […]
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