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Barefooting in the snobbish sports

Vishy KurugantiDecember 03, 20193 mins

Golf and squash are uppity sports played by ‘gentlemen’. I say this despite being a squash aficionado. There’s one difference though. In one of the sports, you are guaranteed to sweat.. even if you…

Chappal mein pachattar – my first 75k ultra

Vishy KurugantiNovember 10, 20137 mins

[Editor’s note: Translation for my non-Hindi readers: pachattar is the Hindi word for the number 75, chappals are the Indian rendition of flip-flops, a colloquial reference to my 4mm huarache sandals…

That one perfect drive!

Vishy KurugantiAugust 22, 20115 mins

Following is an excerpt from PG Wodehouse’s A Mixed Threesome – one of many beautiful golf stories from The Golf Omnibus. The scene being described is that of the story’s protagonist (Mortimer Sturgis…

The Three Bubbles Revisited

Vishy KurugantiMarch 27, 20103 mins

When I wrote The Three Bubbles back in Oct 2008, the perspective was biased around cushioning the India landing. Clearly the 3 bubbles represent a fairly minimalistic view of life. If one were to just…

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