Go on! Challenge that bully!

Go on! Challenge that bully!

February 21, 20122 mins

A friend and running fanatic (Partha) once told me a story about one of his friends (let’s call him Jake). Jake is one of those annoyingly gifted athletes — excellent at whatever sport he played…

Temper passion with wisdom, my son

Temper passion with wisdom, my son

February 16, 20121 mins

In Sackett’s Land (first of the 17-volume Sackett series) Ivo Sackett (father of Barnabas Sackett) giving some sage advice to his son… “You will see many women, and often you will think yourself in…

How the West was Lost – Short Version

How the West was Lost – Short Version

February 08, 20122 mins

I grew up on a diet of Wild West novels and a dominant American narrative that celebrated the victory of the white man against the native American Indian. It was always about how the West was “won…

Why did the Kurugantis immigrate to America?

Why did the Kurugantis immigrate to America?

June 04, 20082 mins

Sometime in my 2nd year of engineering at BIT Mesra, I first dreamed of coming to America, getting trained as a computer scientist, doing cutting-edge research and becoming wildly famous – you know…

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