The Stotan CodeVishy KurugantiMarch 02, 20144 mins[Editor’s Note: Unfinished blog post #77 in my Drafts folder is Scott Jurek’s “Influences and Reading List”. The most interesting character in that list is Percy Cerutty, pronounced “just like…
Call of the AsphaltVishy KurugantiFebruary 28, 20143 minsElection time in India. Everybody loves it. The poor love it because it’s “freebies time” and they get to vote out the politicians that didn’t come through for them (usually this meant anti-incumbancy…
The Cult of BHUKMPVishy KurugantiFebruary 24, 20142 mins[Editor’s Note: It’s been almost four years since I started running with (and became part of) the BHUKMP cult. I never got around to writing about BHUKMP, aptly described as a “cult” rather than a…
Hungama in Manama: Eka Lavya’s vivid Mumbai Marathon 2014 race reportVishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20146 mins[Editor’s Note: Most race reports are a sequential recounting of the race, some more interesting than others. And then you have THIS race report. A vivid portrayal of the race (of course) but also a…
A Jan Koum anecdoteVishy KurugantiFebruary 20, 20141 minsI never met Jan Koum during my 8 years in Yahoo. I met Brian Acton during his days with Yahoo! Shopping (or was it Yahoo! Finance?) There’s a funny anecdote I remember about Jan though. The year was…
How Hinduism is different from all other religionsVishy KurugantiFebruary 13, 20143 minsPic courtesy uttaranchal.org.uk [Editor’s Note: Swami Vivekananda opines on how Hinduism is different from all other religions. The emphasis in the excerpts are all mine. This is but a partial extract…
With great frivolity comes great responsibilityVishy KurugantiFebruary 03, 20142 mins[Editor’s Note: I shared a little rant on Facebook this Sat night which attracted a fair bit of attention. I figured some of you ‘Twitter people’ would enjoy it too.] Dear Facebook, Have you noticed…
A boring race report – Jan 2014Vishy KurugantiJanuary 24, 20142 mins[Note: a boring race report is one where everything largely goes per plan. The below update, a brief account of Mumbai Marathon 2014 was shared on my Facebook group, as a prelude to a race report. But…
I don’t NEED…Vishy KurugantiJanuary 24, 20141 minsTo err is human, to forgive divine. – Alexander Pope To iterate is human, to recurse divine. – Peter Deutsch To add is human, to subtract divine. – Old uLaaR saying I don’t NEED meat. I don’t NEED…
Gandhi-Nehru to Anna-Kejriwal: an interesting cross-era analogyVishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20143 minsIn case you haven’t noticed, the most interesting Indian political discussions are happening on Facebook. Last week, a friend (a keen follower of the ‘India story’ with an appetite for indulging in…
