Harini Calamur's Writings
China is 1.2 billion plus. Most of them don’t read English. They are fairly fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese or other Chinese dialects. But not English. Much of the content on the web is in English, and will continue to be so….
Last week two of my favourite writers – Hugo Young and Edward Said died. Young was the political columnist for the Guardian, and Said was, well Said – probably the most prolific writer of his times. A scholar, an idealist, a supporter…
Had a screening of Noam Chomsky lecture at Harvard “Distorted Morality“, at Sophia’s. His basic premise is we all hypocrites in that we expcet a high standard of behaviour from others that we are unable to adhere to ourselves. He means in…
Was invited to a seminar at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research on collaboration between industry and acedemia. The new director of TIFR, seems to be a dynamic sort. Plans to inject new blood in to the system – that would be…
Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, “thirld world” unity has again reared its head. Reminiscent of the New World Information & Communication Order (NWICO) movements – against cultural imperialism, and the LDC trade blocs to negotiate at GATT and UNCTAD through…
The recent US sponsored resolution on Iran to come clean of its nuclear weapons – is reminiscent of the circus that preceeded the war in Iraq. The East India Company that ruled India for almost one hundred years, had an interesting policy…
The Supreme Court on Friday said it did not trust the Gujarat government and prosecution to bring the rioters to book. A bench, comprising Chief Justice V N Khare, Justice Brijesh Kumar and Justice S B Sinha, said: “What is the rajdharma…
Today my rickshawalla gave me a heart attack – when he whipped out a mobile phone – at a signal – and had a conversation with a friend. He told me “madam, aaj kal yeh bahut sasta ho gaya hai” (nowadays the…
today a student submitted her culture and communiction essay. all key points were in sms. a) if i flunk her, i devalue the course. b) if i grade her with good marks the university will get its knickers in a twist. ah…
Today is the 30th death anniversary of Chilean Leader Salvador Allende – who was overthrown and murdered by General Pinochet Salvatore Allende was head of the minority government of Chile. He planned to usher “democratic socialism” in to the country – and…