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My Pre-2011 Marathon Running Era

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20122 mins

In 2002, I ran my first marathon – the Silicon Valley Marathon in San Jose. Finished in a respectable time of 4:32. After a 6-year hiatus, I resumed running after our return to India in August 2008. I…

As I shuttled between Bangalore and San Francisco in 2010

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 05, 20113 mins

I saved this tweet from Nitin Pai (chief honcho and writer at The Indian National Interest) sometime in the first half of 2010. The operative phrase is “ought to”. The sad reality is that for most…

The Darndest Things You See in India – Part 4 (Park Signs)

Vishy KurugantiAugust 25, 20101 mins

Sign inside a Koramangala park. Quick! How many DO’s and how many DONT’s? Another park! Another sign! Easier on the eye. Too bad it’s still prohibition time! Additional commentary Park timings seem to…

The Darndest Things you see in India – Part 3

Vishy KurugantiAugust 05, 20101 mins

Bhurka (abaya) beyond your imagination! ‘nuf said. Emblem of a Tier 1 Bangalore school. Lalbagh nursery has a mobile garden unit… Marketing collateral inside Lalbagh nurserymen’s office. Am…

The journey from one home to another (guest post)

Vishy KurugantiAugust 04, 20104 mins

[Editor’s Note: The 2nd post in the R2IProfiles category comes from my blogger friend and fellow Bangalore denizen “Divs”. She blogs with gusto at Baby Love…and looottts of it] I went to the US in Dec…

The darndest things you see in India – Part 2

Vishy KurugantiJuly 22, 20101 mins

The previous post of this series is The darndest things you see in India and the next is The darndest things you see in India – Part 3. Lessons in user interface design! Gotta admit Boca Grande…

R2I Profiles – Launching a New Category

Vishy KurugantiJuly 11, 20101 mins

My WordPress dashboard stats tell me that a lot of organic traffic comes from folks searching for “nris returning to india” or “indians returning to bangalore”. When I started this blog in 2008, this…

Hum do humare do…bina exhaust ke

Vishy KurugantiJune 27, 20103 mins

2-day old Blue Reva fresh after car-puja – in kissing distance of older sibling (SX4) Title translation (for non-Hindi readers): Hum do humare do is an old 1970’s era government initiated family…

The darndest things you see in India

Vishy KurugantiJune 11, 20101 mins

1 year 10 months and 3 non-SLR camera phones later, below is a partial collection of India-defining frames I’ve found interesting. Yes – there ARE parking signs in Bangalore. Just try finding them…

And I thought I knew Koramangala Roads…

Vishy KurugantiApril 16, 20101 mins

What are those serpentine patterns? On closer inspection… studded belts perhaps? For someone who’s done a lot of running (and walking) on Koramangala roads in the past 2 years, I was surprised to…

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