Calling all Sanskrit PoetsVishy KurugantiMarch 09, 20121 minsQ: What happens when a British woman with a degree in Classics and Sanskrit from Oxford University moves to Bangalore? A: She falls in love with an Indian fashion designer and a Royal Enfield Bullet…
You know when your blog’s spam filter isn’t working when…Vishy KurugantiMarch 05, 20121 minsYou start seeing the following type of comments in your moderation queue: Your posts gives me motivation to keep on my intention to create a blog one day. thank you for all. Thanks, this is really…
Decoding a power-packed Facebook status updateVishy KurugantiMarch 05, 20121 minsAfter a long time, I came across a Facebook status update which deserves highlighting. Here’s the 45-word beauty sans PII: Watched Mamma Mia in SF today and loved it. It made me want to hit the dance…
4 years of blogging!Vishy KurugantiFebruary 09, 20122 minsYup – 4 years! To celebrate my 4-year blogging anniversary, I migrated my WordPress-hosted wordpress.ulaar.com blog to ulaar.com. I’m sure it’s an event the blogosphere’s been looking forward to with…
If you want to FEEL the American civil rights movement, listen to this songVishy KurugantiSeptember 10, 20112 minsMississippi Goddam by Nina Simone By Nina Simone’s own admission, this was her first civil rights song. It was inspired by the murder of four girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on…
A definition for pleasure and painVishy KurugantiSeptember 02, 20111 minsI found the following gem in Pandit Usharbudh Arya’s Mantra & Meditation: The Lawbook of Manu (IV.60) states: All dependency on other than one’s self is pain, Whatever is controlled by one’s self is…
My experiments with calligraphyVishy KurugantiDecember 30, 20103 minsThis is the first blog post I wrote (I mean hand wrote) with my new Lamy fountain pen. Considering that the paper and pen are a dying breed (a question of when, not if), what made me go to the William…
Darndest English signs in ChinaVishy KurugantiOctober 23, 20101 mins(Hat tip to my pal Dhananjay for forwarding these gems with the hilarious captions) Welcome for Coming The key to existence is pushing! Errr what? I won’t…Promise…But where on earth are you…
Natural Remedy for Late Stage Dengue – Raw Papaya Juice?Vishy KurugantiAugust 19, 20103 minsFor the last 3-4 months, I’ve been reading about the many cases of dengue-related deaths in Bangalore. A colleague’s (S) daughter was also diagnosed with dengue – fortunately it turned out not to be…
Don’t let your friends fly with AfrinVishy KurugantiAugust 14, 20102 minsMy inseparable flying companion for the past 12 years! [Jan 7, 2015 update: seven years after I wrote this post, a helpful commenter informs us that the technique described below is called the…
