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As I shuttled between Bangalore and San Francisco in 2010

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 05, 20113 mins

I saved this tweet from Nitin Pai (chief honcho and writer at The Indian National Interest) sometime in the first half of 2010. The operative phrase is “ought to”. The sad reality is that for most…

Can you live so completely that there is only the active present now?

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 23, 20112 mins

From the chapter “A fundamental question” in Jiddu Krishnamurti’s The Awakening of Intelligence. This chapter was from a lecture delivered in Madras on Jan 12, 1968. The closing excerpt (reproduced…

You know you are Indian because…

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 21, 20111 mins

Hat tip to a Chumbak poster recently bought at the Mother Earth store in Domlur, Bangalore. Some visuals in the poster are priceless – will scan post as a future update.

Marathon #4 Race Report – Kaveri Trail Marathon 2010

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 16, 20117 mins

Picturesque stretch of the KTM trail (Pic: courtesy buzzintown.com) “I hate this damn course!” “I’m never gonna run this again” “It was a mistake to make this my first ever marathon.” “I cramped at…

If Bollywood script writers were rabid runners…

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 13, 20111 mins

Some movie titles might have turned out slightly different. Perhaps? Aa Daude Zara [Aa Dekhen Zara] Jab We Ran [Jab We Met ] Teesri Ultra Marathon [Teesri Manzil] Dilwale Dulhaniya Daud Ke Lejayenge…

That one extra non-selfish reason

Vishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20101 mins

Seasoned marathon campaigners will tell you that the final 10-12k is orders of magnitude more difficult than the first 30k. This is true for both the newbie (struggling to finish his first or second…

Psychology of the unplanned walk

Vishy KurugantiDecember 30, 20101 mins

There are only two primary strategies to running a marathon – running the entire distance at close to your target pace or adopt a run-walk rhythm for the entire distance. The latter (run-walk…

My experiments with calligraphy

Vishy KurugantiDecember 30, 20103 mins

This 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…

Memo from Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Distressed Families

Vishy KurugantiDecember 03, 20101 mins

Pic: courtesy spcapv.com You’ve just heard that a close relative was hospitalized or, worse, admitted to the ICU. Depending on the proximity of your relationship or your fondness towards that relative…

Address the Crap Gap First, NOT the Digital Divide

Vishy KurugantiNovember 02, 20102 mins

Pic: courtesy bharatabharati.wordpress.com (Warning: if you are grossed out by graphic descriptions of crap and related topics, or are otherwise squeamish, might want to give this post a miss.) Saw…

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