The Garage GangVishy KurugantiFebruary 04, 20102 minsYou can be sure that our garage would never look like this. Pic: courtesy bitsandpieces1.blogspot.com (First guest post from my wife. It’s actually an email she wrote on the Raheja Residency…
My Road to Mumbai Marathon 2010Vishy KurugantiJanuary 28, 20107 mins4 hrs 45 min 12 secs. That’s the total time I took to complete the regulation distance (42.195km) of Mumbai Marathon 2010. It was the 3rd full marathon I participated in & successfully completed. The…
When something’s not easy to do, you are doing it wrongVishy KurugantiOctober 19, 20093 minsIt was early days for me at the University of Houston campus in the Fall of 1992. One of my initial starry-eyed memories was that of purchasing my first Coke can from a vending machine on my way back…
ABIDe promotes convenient Volvo transportVishy KurugantiFebruary 20, 20093 minsPic: courtesy sumanbhat.wordpress.com I first met Sanjay Anandaram (serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist) during the Dec 2008 Jethro Tull concert. We connected on the intellectual level and…
100 Days in Bangalore (Part 2)Vishy KurugantiDecember 29, 20084 minsContinued from 100 Days in Bangalore (Part 1)… If you’ve read Why we are moving back to India or Brother or Best Friend, you know that one of the big reasons for moving to India was to spend more time…
Masti ki paathshala (for the First Grader Wannabe)Vishy KurugantiDecember 28, 20083 mins(Note: This started off as a school-centric post for both our 5.5 year old and the almost 3-year old but is now focused entirely on the former.) We had seen Rang De Basanti earlier this year so the…
100 Days in Bangalore (Part 1)Vishy KurugantiDecember 13, 20086 minsVidhana Soudha (Pic: courtesy tripadvisor.com.sg) I had planned to write this post sometime back – a retrospective kinda post providing a snapshot of the family’s settling down process – my job, kids…
The Auto Rickshaw DiariesVishy KurugantiNovember 23, 20082 minsIndians have a love-hate relationship with the auto rickshaw. The love comes from the incredible convenience afforded by the 3-legged black-and-yellow creature. In just about any city, one can very…
Diwali at Raheja Residency and Mantri ClassicVishy KurugantiNovember 13, 20081 minsOur first Diwali in India (after a gap of 16 years) was definitely memorable. One of our Bay Area friends (Smita) responded to a tweet requesting me to record some of the Diwali audio action…
Memories of an American Life (4 years in Chicago)Vishy KurugantiNovember 11, 20083 minsChicago’s Lake Shore Drive (between Diversey and Fullerton) I originally wanted to start a post called “Ten little things I miss about America” and then realized it should more on the lines of…