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You can only dilettante thrice

Vishy KurugantiAugust 16, 20204 mins

This incredible urge to play a musical instrument or sing. Where the heck does it come from? I mean, how does one explain this urge when You are not born into a Bengali family When neither of your…

Eschewing meat- a few short stories

Vishy KurugantiAugust 02, 20202 mins

Until the start of the new millennium, my classification of people into “meat eating” vs “non-meat eating” was pretty static. If you were born vegetarian, you remained vegetarian (and vice versa…

MOMO Gormandizers Anonymous

Vishy KurugantiAugust 02, 20202 mins

Momo: a type of steamed dumpling with some form of filling. Original traditional delicacy from Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Ladakh, Darjeeling, and Northeast – now mainstream Indian fare I’ve heard some of…

If only giving up desires was this easy

Vishy KurugantiJuly 31, 20201 mins

The great sage Ramakrishna from a conversation on Aug 24, 1882: “Sometimes I used to assume a rajasic mood in order to practice renunciation. Once I had the desire to put on a gold-embroidered robe…

On suppression vs dissipation of desire

Vishy KurugantiApril 04, 20201 mins

My Jiddu Krishnamurti friend painstakingly reminds me that desire suppression is very different from desire dissipation. Between the two, the latter is desirable (pun intended) because suppression…

Heads I win, tails I don’t lose

Vishy KurugantiOctober 05, 20193 mins

“Racing is a true experience. Only the conditions are artificial. My entire self is engaged in a genuine struggle against time and distance and those around me. All my strengths, physical and…

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