The Three BubblesVishy KurugantiOctober 25, 20082 minsMy good friend Monish who had moved to Bangalore from Silicon Valley last year had this wisdom to share – “Select your three bubbles correctly and your transition to India will be smooth”. This mantra…
The curious case of the traveling chairmanVishy KurugantiOctober 16, 20084 minsNPS Koramangala It was Day #5 in Bangalore and our first Friday. I had taken the day off for the express purpose of visiting the top school on our short list – National Public School. In a separate…
Apologize for the extended hiatusVishy KurugantiSeptember 28, 20081 minsIt’s been 3+ weeks since my last post – I know! Work has kicked into high gear and I’m barely keeping my nose above water. The 1st month honeymoon period at work is over – time to take over the world…
The social graph reacts to our moveVishy KurugantiSeptember 03, 200810 minsBack in July, in typical Kuruganti style, I sent an email to the vast majority of my social graph about our planned move to India. It was a rather painstaking process since there’s no easy way to pack…
Asthma, Bangalore and me…Vishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20085 minsAsthma and I go back a long way. One cold winter in Bokaro, when I was 6 or 7, asthma came uninvited into my life. It’s only a slight exaggeration to say that it changed my life. Besides taking a lot…
The first week in BangaloreVishy KurugantiAugust 25, 20082 mins“I want to go to Bangalore, Mommy”, declared Sanat three days after we reached Bangalore. He knew, of course, that we had reached Bangalore but what he was trying to say is that while he really…
First 3 days in India (Delhi & Bangalore)Vishy KurugantiAugust 18, 20082 minsMissed the Independence Day celebrations at the capital — by 10 hours Aug 15 The prodigal son returns to India on Independence Day exactly 16 years after he had left for America. Left on a Lufthansa…
A sense of satisfaction… and accomplishmentVishy KurugantiAugust 13, 20083 mins“You stink”, yelled my 7-year old nephew when I tried to give him a goodbye hug. “But I showered barely 2 hours ago”, I protested. Of course it was a different matter that I was packing stuff into…
If this is not ulaari, then I don’t know what isVishy KurugantiJuly 14, 20081 mins“But my move was unconventional…”, replied my friend R who had moved to Bangalore from the Bay Area three years ago. Our email thread stalled at that point so I didn’t get a chance to learn what her…
The Last TemptationVishy KurugantiJuly 08, 20082 minsPic: courtesy contentmentyetdespair.blogspot.com It started innocently enough. I was telling my friend (let’s call him “Joe”) at Company X about my decision to leave Graspr and move to India. Joe…
