Harini Calamur's Writings
A friend’s father passed away on Friday. Shirish and I had gone to pay our respects at the home on Friday. And yesterday, Shishir and I went for the burial ceremony at Sewri. It was a Christian (methodist, i think) ceremony. The…
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince : finished the first reading last night. Great fun. Will read it again over the weekend! JD and I shared the book.
In the week when the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Bill, 2005, was introduced – there were a few more horror stories about violence aganist women. The first is from Assam. And it mirrors the Imrana story. A father-in-law rapes his…
The last week has seen the relative calm that the world saw after 9-11 get shattered. Terrorism has reared its ugly head bringing death and destruction to innocents. So long as the terrorism is in far away Kashmir or the North East…
picture by Jayadev The kids in the building call me Rani’s sister. My mom, Rani’s mother. My Dad – Rani’s father. the car Rani’s Car. The driver Rani’s driver. and of course the house, Rani’s house. Mein benaam ho gayi!!
Finally went on in its new avtaar from the 4th of July at Film City. Studio number 10 is our home for the next 3 months atleast. It is from this studio that we daily make (executive produce) and transmit India’s first…
I was skipping through channels today and chanced across Hungama – the childrens’ channel. Govinda was gyrating with some semi nude babe – the movie called Joru ka Ghulam What kind of Children’s viewing is this?
One of the more chilling books that i have ever read is the Handmaid’s Tale. Based in a futue society, that is recovering from a nuclear war, it is about the changed role of women in society. If i can remember right,…
A story whose black humour shocks you. And it is true. A bunch of women laughing in Niger about one woman’s dream of eating meat. It’s hard enough for us to find millet,” said Habiba Abdulsalam, 30, waiting like the other women…
Amit Varma at India Uncut has an excellent Blogmela up and running. Go check it out.