Harini Calamur's Writings
My blog for Tehelka When Rahul Gandhi addressed the CII conference, those who oppose him and his party, got #PappuCII (stupid) to trend on Twitter. A few days later when Narendra Modi addressed the FICCI conference, Congress supporters on Twitter got #Feku…
My Tehelka Column on the anti rape bill And it comes to pass. The Anti-rape Bill aka the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 was passed this evening in Parliament by a voice vote. A total of 168 Members of Parliament (out of…
25th February headlines and story links via Google News – India Edition Google News is my landing page for news and opinion, and has been for the best part of the last decade. It acts as an aggregator of news from local,…
My blog for Tehelka on English There was a time when very little English was used by Bollywood. What little was in the form of expletives – Dharemendra flaring his nostrils and casting blazing looks at the bad guys as he rasped…
My blog for Tehelka When stars collide, there is a tremendous amount of destruction, energy release and new beginnings. It is the law of nature. When maverick superstar – actor, director, producer, dancer, iconoclast – Kamal Haasan, got on the wrong side…
My blog in Tehelka Justice JS Verma speaks during a press conference after submitting his committee’s report to the government in New Delhi on Wednesday. The committee was set up to recommend measures to improve laws dealing with sexual offences. Committee member…
This is a story from the Mahabharata, that like many from from that epic , this too has lessons for the modern age. Dronacharya the guru to the Kuru Princes – the 100 Kauravas and the 5 Pandavas – and assorted nobility…
My blog for Tehelka last week 2012 was a somber year exemplified by the general lack of hope. I am not mentioning words like corruption and nepotism simply because they are so very endemic, and increase the level of hopelessness. As a…
My blog for Tehelka last week : There is a fabulous quote from the fantastic BBC comedy “Yes Minister“. It deals with ministers and their memoirs : “Any statement in a politician’s memoirs can represent one of six different levels of reality:…
Last week, Foreign Direct Investment in retail came up for debate and vote in Parliament.It was an opportunity to hear the views for and against the proposed plan. After many sessions of lost Parliamentary hours, it was great to hear politicians state their views for and…