The Real IndistructiblesVishy KurugantiMarch 26, 20171 minsEditor’s Note: There were middle class values in the 60’s/70’s/80’s and there are middle class values now. Big big difference. The old adage used to be “if it’s not broken, why fix it”. And if…
A proposal in Lincoln Park, ChicagoVishy KurugantiMarch 13, 20173 minsI really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then…
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…
Let the ass kicking begin…Vishy KurugantiDecember 13, 20162 minsIt was my second year of playing squash seriously. ‘Seriously‘ doesn’t mean I was any good yet. I was at that rookie stage of a squasher’s evolution when I was constantly looking for easy winners…
A marriage in the winter of 1962Vishy KurugantiOctober 18, 201610 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…
Been there seen thatVishy KurugantiSeptember 18, 20164 minsA common thread running across all Indian/Eastern spiritual traditions is some form of meditation. The variations come in the form of how one meditates, whether it is the sole instrument for spiritual…
The IndistructiblesVishy KurugantiSeptember 03, 20163 minsWhen I bought the Palm Pilot 5000, I could legitimately call myself one of the “early adopters”. I still remember the excitement with which I drove to the Circuit City (somewhere near Park Ridge…
Legend of Kukut RishiVishy KurugantiAugust 25, 20162 mins[Editor’s note: Amar Chitra Katha – a collection of 300-something picture books taught my generation all they needed to know about Hindu itihasa – rishis, kings, queens, heroes… they had them all. I…
Breaking a streak can be SO liberatingVishy KurugantiAugust 13, 20164 minsWe are all prisoners of our own device. – Eagles Streaks are wonderful things. For the sports aficionado, it’s such things as consecutive games in which an NBA star has drilled at least one 3-pointer…
Never too late to be aloneVishy KurugantiMay 23, 20161 minsChicago was the first city where I lived alone. Alone in the truest sense of the word. Hostel life at Mesra, an extended hostel life at Jamshedpur, and roommates during my years at Houston certainly…
