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Techno-Optimists Reveal Their Latest Manifesto

Vishy KurugantiDecember 18, 20234 mins

“The Future is Basically Awesome, and We’re Awesome Too” [Editor’s Note: The Onion doesn’t do tech satire. It’s easy to see why. But there comes a time when the juiciest of juicy stories hits (and…

Time for the final lesson

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 24, 20238 mins

“This time it’s different.” “He he he.. When did you get interested in stock markets?” “I’m talking about his state of mind, you dunce!” “Yeah, it’s certainly different this time. He has a sense of…

The Talking Runner

Vishy KurugantiAugust 13, 20234 mins

“How long do you guys run?” “Oh! I don’t know.. we keep talking and running and we lose track of time.. at some point one of us feels it’s time to turn around and we do.” There I was, in the mid-90’s…

Breaking up

Vishy KurugantiMay 21, 20234 mins

They say breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it’s necessary for growth and self-discovery. Today, dear readers, I’m here to announce a heartbreaking decision that has been slowly brewing within…

Thrill of the chase

Vishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20224 mins

This 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 Rapido

Vishy KurugantiApril 20, 20225 mins

This 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 Pop

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 23, 20224 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 ovals

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 12, 20216 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 beginning

Vishy KurugantiJuly 04, 20211 mins

Editor’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 memory

Vishy 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…

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