Squash and the CityVishy KurugantiApril 16, 20163 minsSerious runners are crazy people. Serious squash players are no less crazy. The crazy squash player I am thinking about is my friend. Sanjay (now a Princeton, NJ resident) was my senior at BIT Mesra…
What drives birdersVishy KurugantiMarch 27, 20164 minsbirder_definition A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Decades ago this was the topic for a school essay. It required the utmost imagination and sleight of hand to cobble together a few paragraphs. If…
For a few hyperloops more…Vishy KurugantiMarch 06, 201610 mins[Editor’s note: The prequel to this post is Softly, as in a spiritual sunrise (a low-key announcement of a personal ultra run on Nov 27, 2015. This post was written in 4 sessions: Part 1 (on Jan…
Softly, as in a spiritual sunriseVishy KurugantiNovember 15, 20152 minsTwo years ago, I ran in 3 races. Last year it came down to two. This year I ran the Kaveri Trail Marathon and it’s my first (and last) race for the year. My running goal for 2015 was rather basic…
Arun Nehru and Lalit SuriVishy KurugantiOctober 31, 20151 minsI thought I knew all the major players in the ‘organized’ 1984 Sikh riots. I was wrong. Hartosh Singh Bal’s Caravan article uncovered these two gentlemen – one a Gandhi extended family hawk, the other…
Postcards from BokaroVishy KurugantiOctober 30, 20151 minsAn email to a Yahoo alumni group on March 10, 2010 that triggered an outpouring of memories. Memories of grief, sadness, bravery and an innocence lost. Two and a half years later (on the 28th…
Stumbling upon LSDVishy KurugantiOctober 22, 20152 minsAfter the ignominious end to my debut cross country run, the rest of the day was a daze. An unpleasant cocktail of emotions enveloped me.. Shame, defeat, dejection, inadequacy, self-pity dominated…
Understanding meat eaters through the lapsed vegetarian lensVishy KurugantiOctober 22, 20152 mins[Editor’s note: This is the first in a series on vegetarians, omnivores, food habits, diets adopted by successful athletes (bias towards runners of course), perhaps eventually leading to a…
Poetry in tortuous motionVishy KurugantiOctober 07, 20151 minsI parked the car, got the kids’ bags from the trunk and walked them over to the school gate. As we crossed the median, my runner friend B went hurtling past. He was obviously doing a speed workout. I…
When finishing fourth became a game changerVishy KurugantiAugust 11, 20153 minsApril 1991 After years of asthma suffering, things seem to be turning around. I was still living in a city with cold winters but.. I had started making an effort. Picked up that beautiful sport called…
