A summer vacation in 1955Vishy KurugantiMarch 31, 20189 mins[Editor’s Note: My mother, a late adopter of the Internet, used to write the loveliest of letters to her children pre-Internet era. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the past few years…
Anatomy of a pilgrimage (Sringeri edition)Vishy KurugantiJuly 02, 20177 mins[Editor’s Note: My mother is a late adopter of the Internet. In the pre-Internet era, she used to write the loveliest of letters to her children. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the…
Ravi Varma in a Vijayawada homeVishy KurugantiFebruary 19, 20175 mins{Editor’s Note: My mother is a late adopter of the Internet. In the pre-Internet era, she used to write the loveliest of long letters to her children. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In…
Changing Mobility of Four Generations of KurugantisVishy KurugantiApril 02, 20101 minsOne of Vizag’s many beaches (Pic: courtesy indiashots.com) If you haven’t inferred from my surname yet, my lineage is from the state of Andhra Pradesh. My great grandfather was a Sanskrit scholar and…
Kuruganti Roots in VijayawadaVishy KurugantiJanuary 01, 20091 minsWe are in Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) at my parents’ house for the holidays. This is my fifth trip since my parents moved here in 1994 and is easily the most enjoyable trip to date. My grandfather’s…
The Last TemptationVishy KurugantiJuly 08, 20082 minsPic: courtesy contentmentyetdespair.blogspot.com It started innocently enough. I was telling my friend (let’s call him “Joe”) at Company X about my decision to leave Graspr and move to India. Joe…