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So... how long have you been playing squash?

Vishy KurugantiMarch 08, 20247 mins

It’s a question that a player would invariably ask the other, after their first squash session. The questioner is usually the chap who lost because.. he’s hoping to hear that the other guy has been…

The Bengali outlier

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 23, 20181 mins

What if I told you that I know a Bengali who doesn’t eat fish. In fact he doesn’t eat meat of *any* kind. Furthermore, he convinced his parents that they too should give up fish and meat. And they did…

A vegetarian cracks an egg

Vishy KurugantiApril 28, 20173 mins

I was raised a vegetarian. Avoiding meat was the most natural thing for as long as I can remember in my childhood. During our teen years, eggs made a brief entrance into our lives. In the form of…

Squash and the City

Vishy KurugantiApril 16, 20163 mins

Serious runners are crazy people. Serious squash players are no less crazy. The crazy squash player I am thinking about is my friend. Sanjay (now a Princeton, NJ resident) was my senior at BIT Mesra…

Three Coincidences

Vishy KurugantiOctober 26, 20082 mins

Put two Indians (perfect strangers mind you) in a room and it’s merely a question of time before they find a few common connections. As you might suspect, I epitomize this quintessential Indian quirk…

Asthma, Bangalore and me…

Vishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20085 mins

Asthma and I go back a long way. One cold winter in Bokaro, when I was 6 or 7, asthma came uninvited into my life. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that it changed my life. Besides taking a lot…

Where in India are we moving to?

Vishy KurugantiMay 30, 20082 mins

So we are moving to India but to which city? For better or worse, the list of candidate cities is fairly small. Before we get into discussing the merits and demerits of each city, let me outline the…

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