Harini Calamur's Writings
It rocked. And it rolled. And, as my mother pointed out, the highest density of dimples that any show in the world can ever claim. Man, the smiles and the dimples were out full force – and if nothing else, I will…
India’s biggest show, with India’s biggest star. Not the grandfather of the nation – as AB was, but everyone’s ‘favourite son’ The key question is will SRK’s persona and charisma overcome audience fatigue on the format and recapture the 9 to 10…
Anyone who participates in a show like [tag]Big Brother[/tag] or [tag]Survivor[/tag] knows that it is not a civilized tea party. It is visceral, viscious and violent (emotionally). The show is about being ‘ugly’ and letting it all hang out. Can you imagine…
[tag]Gordon Brown[/tag], who is currently visiting India, should seriously contemplate hiring [tag]Shilpa Shetty[/tag]’s publicist. An actress actor, who really hasn’t been doing too much work of late – is suddenly catapulted into international limelight! Attracting overwhelming public sympathy; blogs by luminaries no…
January Second, at about 5 a.m. on a cold desert’s winter morning, we drove down from [tag]Jaipur [/tag]to Pushkar. It was my unlce’s 7th death anniversary, and my aunt wanted to offer prayers for his soul. The predominant colours along the journey…
IT has been hectic from the word go. 2006 wound up with marriages, social events, etal – all of which required me to smile a lot. It was fairly wearing. I can’t handle so much social interaction – and wonder if i…