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The Ugly Indian Chronicles Volume 13: Close Encounter of the Babu Kind

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 25, 20131 mins

Last evening, I visited the The Ugly Indian Facebook page after a long time. While I was sleeping, they’ve apparently continued doing what they do best, you know, beautifying Bangalore and changing…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles Volume 11 – of poets, philosophers, psychologists & designers

Vishy KurugantiJuly 04, 20121 mins

What will it take to clean up Bangalore? The answer is certainly not just corporators and bureaucrats. My favorite Bangalore citizens, The Ugly Indians (aka TUI), will tell you that the battle has to…

Undesign patterns of Koramangala's Street of Shame

Vishy KurugantiApril 03, 20124 mins

[Editor’s Note: This is Part 3 of a series on Koramangala’s Street of Shame.] Ugly Spot #3 (open dump) on 1st Cross Rd, Koramangala 5th Block It’s been 16 days since I posted the last picture in this…

Koramangala's Street of Shame

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 26, 20122 mins

This past week, I shifted my theater of operations — from Koramangala 3rd Block cafes on 80 Feet Road to Koramangala 5th block cafes on 1st Cross Road. Why did I do that? Maybe I needed a change…

Road Reclamation – The Ugly Indian Way

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 06, 20121 mins

The first few news articles I read this morning were depressing ones about the UP elections. That probably explains my less than cheerful previous post. “A quick Facebook session should lift my…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 9

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 11, 20123 mins

Things are a bit quiet… over in The Ugly Indian corral. Almost like the calm after the storm? Surely after 60-odd consecutive weeks of SpotFixes and maybe some well-deserved revelry over the holidays…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 8

Vishy KurugantiDecember 19, 20116 mins

The TUI highlight in the past week is the SpotFix at Prestige St. Johns Wood – behind Oracle’s Koramangala office. This SpotFix merits a ‘Super’ prefix because they also installed a bay of urinals…

The Ugly Indian Chronicles – Volume 7

Vishy KurugantiDecember 14, 20115 mins

It’s official, folks. The time has come to take my relationship with The Ugly Indian (TUI) to the next level. But first let me talk about how this relationship has evolved. It started with…

Five Amazing Things about The Ugly Indian

Vishy KurugantiNovember 22, 20112 mins

This post marks a “first” — reproduced almost entirely (with a few edits and formatting) from a comment I posted to this New York Times article on my favorite community organization (The Ugly Indian…

Calling Bangalore: Birthday Presents for The Ugly Indian (Part 2)

Vishy KurugantiNovember 11, 20113 mins

This is Part 2 of the two-part series and continues from Calling Bangalore: Birthday Presents for The Ugly Indian. Nov 10 (Thu) 4pm: Second visit to playground Hmm… What do we have here? A quick…

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