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Pankaj Advani on learning from failures

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 30, 20121 mins

At a recent TEDxIIMB event, I listened and watched as the billiards and snooker prodigy Pankaj Advani walked us through his accomplishments. He lingered on a photo that displayed his living room…

In that case I’ll buy a cheaper car

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 26, 20121 mins

A conversation between our 6-year old (A) and his mom. I was just a fly on the wall. A: When I grow up I’ll buy a Mercedes. MOM: Why Mercedes? A: Because its your favorite car. MOM: (gives him a…

The need for political skepticism

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 24, 20124 mins

Nobody reads essays anymore, especially those from the early twentieth-century era. If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that the large majority of our “pulp library” is still in…

My Pre-2011 Marathon Running Era

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20122 mins

In 2002, I ran my first marathon – the Silicon Valley Marathon in San Jose. Finished in a respectable time of 4:32. After a 6-year hiatus, I resumed running after our return to India in August 2008. I…

My 8 year old weighs in on the barefoot running debate

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 10, 20122 mins

Last Saturday, our 3rd grader had his annual school sports day. Since he had qualified for the heats in two categories (75 meter and 30 meter sprints), he was tickled pink and excited for weeks…

In which the very same Ephraim Trout waxes eloquent on marriage

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 10, 20122 mins

Ephraim Trout is a highly competent lawyer and one of the founding members of Bachelors Anonymous – a Los Angeles-based circle of luminaries whose charter is to ensure that men remain bachelors…

In which Ephraim Trout argues against marriage…

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 08, 20123 mins

If you’ve been fortunate enough to have discovered Wodehouse early in your life, this extract from one of his classics, Bachelors Anonymous, might remind you that there’s no such thing as ‘too much…

Kurien and Golwalkar’s Friendship and RSS Supremo’s real reason for cow protection movement

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 03, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: In light of the Madhya Pradesh (BJP) government’s ban on consumption of beef, it’s relevant for us to understand RSS’s original reasons for evangelizing the cow protection movement in…

Verghese Kurien’s answer to Lal Bahadur Shastri and the genesis for NDDB

Vishy KurugantiDecember 26, 20112 mins

This story (from Verghese Kurien’s I too had a dream) continues from Why Lal Bahadur Shastri wanted to spend a night in a Kaira district village. I assured the Prime Minister that all his observations…

What a laptop outage can teach us about life

Vishy KurugantiDecember 26, 20114 mins

Apple’s 1st line of Intel-powered (Core Duo) MacBooks When I turned my back on a corporate career and embarked upon a protracted stint as a full-time blogger, I knew I had to make some adjustments. I…

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