Harini Calamur's Writings
Angkor Thom (Angkor: a derivative of the Sanksrit word Nagara or city; Thom: Great)Â – literally the Great City or the Big City – was at the peak of its glory almost a thousand years ago, and was the capital of the…
Mumbai. My city. There is no where else in the world, that i feel so connected – and i have lived in other places. I can watch the city go by, for hours at a go. feeling every pulse of it. Alive,…
Mumbai is not, what you might call, a beautiful city. It has none of the splendour of a Delhi, or the old world charm of a Kolkata or Chennai, it probably is not as hep as parts of Bangalore and Pune. But,…
this is where i was, over the new year. And I still haven’t found the time to upload all the pics or even write about it. I make excuses, do people want to read one more bad Hampi post (possibly not)… 🙂…
Guard at the Hazira Port – found the contrasts fairly interesting. I think the guy had snuck out for a smoke … the shot definitely made it seem that way. This was interesting for another reason, because of the nature of the…
(Mumbai from the 12th floor of India Bulls) I physically miss Mumbai when i am away from it. There is something about the city – the sheer energy, the sheer buzz, the lack of pretense. that is missing elsewhere. Maybe people from…
What is development ? it is security to be who you are…. school girls playing kho kho in the area between the school and the temple. Sanaswadi, Shiroor, Pune District Maharashtra Girls in School, look at the smiles – you can’t buy…
Old pictures that remind me that i have not been shooting – need to start again I kind of love shooting black and white. somehow there is that romance of photography that comes through .. a snapshot in time My grandmother (nani)…
Making a pot seems to be an almost zen like experience. Total concentration or the piece is ruined. Was at Kumbharwadi at Dharavi yesterday. This goes on the list of things to learn this year. I am going to learn pottery. I…
trains, tracks, and snow look best in black and white. Landquart Station, the view of the Alps, just behind the trains …