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Tribute to Dr. Verghese Kurien, Last of India’s Nation Builders

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 09, 20123 mins

[ Amul’s Tribute (of course) I spent the better part of my Sunday time skimming through tribute messages on Twitter, Facebook shares and reading what the mainstream media had to write about Dr…

Forgiveness of the ultra distance

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 05, 20121 mins

Pic courtesy japanesebushido.org In a sprint, if you don’t have perfect form, you’re doomed. The ultra distance forgives injury, fatigue, bad form, and illness. A bear with determination will defeat a…

Curious superficial pugnacity about the American people

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 02, 20122 mins

Pic: courtesy thefrustratedteacher.com In Ambassador’s Journal, John Kenneth Galbraith writes about many interesting things during his tenure as US Ambassador to India. In an Oct 9, 1961 letter to…

Unspecialized and rotating authority of civil service

Vishy KurugantiAugust 27, 20121 mins

In an earlier post, Rebooting IAS an essential part of Reforms 2.0 on my other blog, I had summarized a LiveMint article which outlined the key systemic problems with the IAS cadre. A few fixes have…

What the disgruntled young Anna supporter should do next

Vishy KurugantiAugust 27, 20122 mins

The Rebound (2009) – Pic courtesy movieposterdb.com [Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series – my latest take on the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, also called Anna Hazare…

Falling in love with the Anna Hazare Movement

Vishy KurugantiAugust 26, 20123 mins

Anna Hazare [Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series – my latest take on the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, also called Anna Hazare Movement. By ‘latest’, I mean it was written…

Finally… Australia to acknowledge that Aborigines were there earlier

Vishy KurugantiAugust 25, 20122 mins

An Aboriginal Didgeridoo player (Pic courtesy didjshop.com) Eleven years ago, my wife and I made our first (and so far only) trip to Australia. A two-week trip spent largely in the Melbourne area and…

The sacred cows of marathon running

Vishy KurugantiAugust 24, 20122 mins

[Editor’s Note: Two years ago, I wrote a list-based post – you are a long distance runner when.. Nothing spectacular but it sorta went viral on Facebook and I got my first official flattery (read “got…

Madhu Kishwar on nuanced positions and polarizing/predictable media

Vishy KurugantiAugust 21, 20123 mins

Madhu Kishwar (Pic: courtesy worldsikhnews.com) Confession: I’m becoming a bit of a Madhu Kishwar fanboy. If you haven’t heard of Madhu Kishwar (social commentator, activist, and Manushi editor), be…

Prime Minister is like the great banyan tree…

Vishy KurugantiAugust 19, 20121 mins

No – not the current ‘great’ Dr. Manmohan Singh. In Ambassador’s Journal, John Kenneth Galbraith writes about many interesting things during his tenure as US Ambassador to India. The journal entry…

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