Long read: Is America a Kleptocracy?
As Trump continues to run America using a template that many in the Third World are all too familiar with, the American media is trying to figure out what is going on and – just as importantly – what name to bestow upon this new Trumpian reality. First off, in case you have been hiding […]
Launching Marcellus’ Goal Planning and Asset Allocation Service
“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Edison Investing for long-term wealth creation is like setting out on a long road journey. We hop into our car with the hope of building enough wealth to reach our destination – our life goals – before we run out of time. […]
The Ten Commandments of Entrepreneurship in India
Not only is entrepreneurship in India very different from what it is in the United States, but it is also a different ball game as compared to salaried employment in the world’s fifth largest economy. With stable, salaried employment in the public and in the private sector a thing of the past, the core of […]
Short read: The Way of Mediocre Man
One might wonder about the title about the article – why would anyone care writing about let alone celebrate mediocrity. To be sure, the author is referring to mediocrity as perceived by the world at large in professional life. It distinguishes the grind that most professionals go through in jobs and careers they don’t love […]
Short read: ‘Dad: 5’6”, son: 6’2”’: Is this the reason why most kids of younger generation are much taller than their parents?
Those of us who spent our teenage years watching Wasim & Waqar lead a superfast Pakistani line-up now get even more pleasure as we watch Jasprit Bumrah & friends do the same for India. At 6’2” Bumrah is a big guy and so are fellow Indian fast bowlers like Siraj & Arshdeep. In fact, almost […]
Short read: A law unto itself’: India’s tax service targets multinationals
As India’s economy enters the second year of a cyclical downturn, the Exchequer is having a hard time keeping up with the Government’s revenue collection targets. The result is plenty of acrimonious disputes between the taxman and corporates. Chris Kay’s article captures the litigious environment: “Indian tax authorities have levied a series of huge tax […]
Long read: How the U.S. Became A Science Superpower
The subject of the article might implicitly suggest that the days of the US being a science superpower are numbered given the emergence of China as a credible contender. Whilst that might be premature and debatable, the historical context of the US getting to this position is worth understanding. The author, Steve Blank’s timing of […]
Long read: Nobody Knows (Yet Again)
Every now and then, we are reminded of Warren Buffett’s statement about how when Howard Marks’ memo lands, you stop everything else and read it. This one which came on 9th April shows why Buffett said what he said. It is a good follow up to the Dunning-Kruger piece we featured earlier this month. Whilst all of us […]
Long read: Delhi’s Women’s Football League has lawyers, teachers, mothers as players. It’s a safe space
For decades now Delhi has enjoyed a bad reputation in terms of what it offers working women. In recent years however things have begun to change. This lovely story in The Print by Udit Hinduja (a graduate from the first batch trained at The Print School of Journalism) captures changes in Delhi that we can […]
Short read: What to do
Paul Graham is at his inquisitive best asking this question – what should one do, as in generally in life: “One should help people, and take care of the world. Those two are obvious. But is there anything else? When I ask that, the answer that pops up is Make good new things.” Why? “The most impressive […]
Short read: What is Risk?
The title might sound trivial but as Joe Wiggins, who writes about behavioural aspects of investing, writes in this blog, most of us don’t understand what we mean by risk. As he puts it, jumping from a tall sky-scraper with no parachute is not risky – as the outcome is certain, in this case death. […]
Short read: The US’s 2,000-year-old mystery mounds
Believe it or not, there are stranger things happening in America than Trump’s trade policies. For example, did you know that the USA has massive mounds built a mysterious civilisation over 2000 years ago? Brandon Withrow writes for the BBC: “Autumn leaves crackled under our shoes as dozens of eager tourists and I followed a […]
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