Harini Calamur's Writings
A few days ago, I didn’t know there was a rapper called Yo Yo Honey Singh (no, seriously) Hardly surprising given that the main form of music that i consume is Hindustani Classical Vocal. Â Yet, today i know more about him than…
My column in today’s Lokmat The biggest open secret inIndia was her disappearing daughters. As prosperity has increased, family size has reduced, and advances in medical techniques have led to families choosing only to have a boy, by terminating pregnancy when a…
When the judge says that a wife should be like Sita you can interpret it in many ways in the context of a modern marriage, and even a modern break up. Â the wife goes with her husband wherever he goes. The wife…
My column in today’s DNA “The intent of matrimony is not for man and wife to be always taken up with each other, but jointly to discharge the duties of civil society, to govern their families with prudence, and educate their children…
The Amul Advertisement The question is, are they ? worthy that is… not in my opinion. they represent the worst of all other Parties in India, the corrupt brazenness of the Congress, the willingness to take to the streets and disrupt like…
When Anita Narre stormed out of her husband’s home two days after their marriage in May 2011, it was an act of defiance unparalleled mainly because the reason was unheard of.Anita’s only grouse was that her in-laws’ house in Ratanpur village of…
if 120 mllion girls have disappeared – euphemism for murder – and 7 to 10 people are involved – 2 parents, doctors, lab techs, nursers, other members of the family — How many murderers does India have ? My column in today’s…
On the eve of [tag]Maha Shivratri[/tag] a great victory was won. Devotees, backed by the state and other institutions, ensured that the right to pray the way you want to, in the language that you understand, in the manner that you choose…
…. both men and women seem to support the idea that women who ‘ask for it’ tend to ‘get it’. Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to define what “it” means and whether “it” means different things to men and women…
….. was SR’s response to the HT story on women being molested outside JW Marriot on New Year’s eve. Women ought to know that it is unsafe for them…..Any other time of the year is ok for women, but on New Year’s……