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Long Distance Running – Lessons from Parenting

Vishy KurugantiOctober 25, 20102 mins

Surely you’ve heard of the similarities between parenting and management. Take for instance just one article – 5 Ways Management and Parenting Really the Same Thing. You’ll find several successful…

Looking for cross-training ideas? Here’s one: 4-year-old on a bicycle!

Vishy KurugantiOctober 24, 20102 mins

For almost a year now, my Sunday morning ritual has involved my two boys with their bicycles. The seven-year-old “S” is the veteran – having a couple of years of cycling miles under his belt. The…

Darndest English signs in China

Vishy 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…

2000 Hindu Temples, One Muslim Mosque: Can We Call it Even and Move on Please?

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 27, 20103 mins

Babri Masjid file photo from Wikipedia On Sep 21, I tweeted the following: Since my follower count is a lowly 280, not much of a discussion happens on Twitter. But since I had also published it to…

Chitchor – Alternate Endings Suggested by a Seven Year Old

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 26, 20101 mins

The kids got to see their second Hindi movie – the 1976 movie Chit Chor starring Amol Palekar and Zarina Wahab. The second grader is learning Hindi at school but, since we mostly speak English at home…

House #54, 17th Main, 2nd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 08, 20101 mins

The front of the house Courtyard in front with furniture display (and guard in background) More furniture in front courtyard View from the side of the house Side courtyard featuring rocks and stones A…

The Logical Song

Vishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20102 mins

I’ve been enjoying Supertramp’s Logical Song since the mid-90’s but it’s only recently, with the perspective of a parent thinking about education paradigms for kids, that the song’s message hits home…

Vizag Boy Returns Home After 15 Years in Northern Virginia/DC Area

Vishy KurugantiAugust 28, 20105 mins

For Part 3 in this series, I bring to you an interview with Srinivas Savaram. Srinivas is my friend from Rejuvenate India Movement volunteering days (circa 1999) – I later learned that he was my…

You know you are a long distance runner when…

Vishy KurugantiAugust 27, 20101 mins

5k and 10k are ‘short’ runs. Your weekly mileage is 25k and turns out to be a terrible week. You hit your ‘warm-up’ point at the 10km mark and hit your zone after 20km. You keep referring to your…

The Darndest Things You See in India – Part 4 (Park Signs)

Vishy KurugantiAugust 25, 20101 mins

Sign inside a Koramangala park. Quick! How many DO’s and how many DONT’s? Another park! Another sign! Easier on the eye. Too bad it’s still prohibition time! Additional commentary Park timings seem to…

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