Thrill of the chaseVishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20225 minsThis thing called work-life balance. Is it really mythical? And is there only one kind? My answers are No and No. Allow me to explain. But first.. Long-suffering readers of this blog will know that I…
My mobility triple jump into RapidoVishy KurugantiApril 20, 20225 minsThis Good Friday I completed 5 months with Rapido and boy, have the days flown by or what? Barring a week, I have been regularly working out of the lovely physical office in Bellandur. Believe me…
Mysticism of Dream PopVishy KurugantiJanuary 23, 20225 mins(Before you read this post, could you please PLEASE listen to this 4 min track? Just to avoid narrative bias for the question I’ll be posing right at the end.) Developing an appreciation for a new…
Running around in ovalsVishy KurugantiSeptember 12, 20217 mins“I can understand you running 22 marathons in 22 months. I can even understand you running the 75K. But running for 24 hours — I just don’t get it, boss!” My childhood buddy Dheeraj reacting to my…
Another day, another beginningVishy KurugantiJuly 04, 20211 minsEditor’s note: My friend Karthik, an avid hiker and a dilettante poet, composed this beauty while on a trek in Kedarkantha just before the pandemic dropped on the world. Another day, another…
A 62 year memoryVishy KurugantiJuly 03, 20213 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…
Coffeeholics AnonymousVishy KurugantiJune 26, 20212 mins“After 2 years of a nocturnal heavy Masters program, I found it hard to stay awake beyond 10am at my new job so I turned to black coffee. Before I knew it, I was up to 5 a day and hooked.” “I can’t…
Coffee StrugglesVishy KurugantiFebruary 21, 20214 minsFor a coffee addict (he does not like to be called an addict, the word has a disparaging sense, he feels that we might as well call each other milk addicts or food addicts or air addicts), the most…
Its time you told your mouthVishy KurugantiNovember 01, 20205 mins“I think you should change your name to Vic.” The recruiter had completed a quick scan of my resume and this was her first helpful suggestion. I smiled at her and said “My official name is Vishwanath…
A slice of uLaaRVishy KurugantiSeptember 24, 20204 minsThe blog turned 12 in Feb this year. Originally setup as ulaar.wordpress.com, I migrated to Wordpress-powered self-hosting on Dreamhost in 2010. A few premium Wordpress theme changes kept things…
