Harini Calamur's Writings
Over a century ago, French sociologist Emile Durkheim undertook research on why individuals in cities tend to commit suicide more frequently than those who liked in closely knit rural societies. The answer was Anomie– the sense of dispossession. He said anomie exists…
…. there are Martians high above our skies – just beyond the sight of our satellites – who are using lasers to melt our icecaps. Of course, there is no such thing as Global Warming, it is a figment of imagination of…
A rape victim expelled from school for being of ‘loose character’ According to reports, the victim was abducted and raped on August 23. Rejecting the rape theory, school authorities alleged that the girl had loose character and later expelled her. NCW is…
I am getting repetitive on this blog. Every 10 days or so I come across a flurry of articles – bloglines that way is very good – on violence against women. I come across articles almost on a daily basis – but…
A few months ago AP began the trend of reserving jobs for Muslims on the grounds that the community was ‘backward’. Now the RJD and the Congress in Bihar have made a similar promise. There is something fundamentally wrong, if in a…
Pawar v/s Dalmiya v/s the rest Chappel v/s Ganguly v/s the rest. It has everything glamour, power, celebs, betting, affairs, sex, et al. add some women, some sindoor, money, property, and violence. mix with music. and there is a brand new soap.
Sorry about the extremely bad pun. I learnt today that a major channel is going to launch a game show at 9 p.m. Mon – Thursday, with Karishma Kapoor as the anchor. My first reaction was ouch! Sahara Manoranjan (Sahara One’s earlier…
Cylcone Pyar hit AP and caused destruction to life and property. Almost with cyclical efficience, cyclones have hit AP this year destroying property and life. Around a 60 dead (officially) and 200,000 displaced – evacuated with monotonous efficiency by the armed forces….
It is election time in Bihar, so the status quo will be maintained. But, i would like to see the entire panchayat stand trial for “accessory tothe crime” – and see them sentanced. This story from the ToI: The punishment for rape…
I find the Sangh parivar’s focus on ‘converting’ Adivasis’ to Hindusim very odd. But, even odder is the Sangh parivar’s dedication to a term used by Persian invaders to describe a geographical entity – the people of the Indu river. Indoos. Technically…