Harini Calamur's Writings
On her birthday, my favourite  Lata Mangeshkar  duets. She has sung with practically everyone and his cousin in her eons that she has ruled the roost of Hindi Film Music Chod Gaye Balam – Lata and Mukesh voicing for a very young…
September 28th – The birthday of Lata Mangeshkar …. the woman with the golden voice.The first lady of Hindi film Music. For me, the last of the All India Radio generation , the lady and her music was a constant companion when…
Yesterday, was the day when most of Mumbai was out saying bye bye to [tag]Ganpati[/tag]. The little home Ganpati’s had their joyous send offs. Accompanied by band baja, and scores of bad dancers, the Ganpati’s wove their way through the streets of…
Everytime, my phone service provider decides to change names, the service provided to me has a major case of hiccups. In the 8 years that I have been with them, they have been [tag]Max Touch[/tag], [tag]Orange[/tag], [tag]Hutch[/tag] and now [tag]Vodafone[/tag]. Not that…
Another monday, another week. Hope that this one is more fruitful than the last one !
Often I don’t go to [tag]Infinity Mall[/tag], – the purpose is simple … to avoid going into Landmark and spending a fortune. Often I fail. [tag]52 vol.2[/tag] – like 52, vol.1 – makes for compelling reading. Primarily because the characters are so…
Two evenings ago, I spent a mini fortune at Landmark. Again. [tag]Apollo’s Song[/tag] was one of the purchases. Ever since I read [tag]Osama Tezuka[/tag]’s 8 – part graphic novel – Buddha, I was captivated by his writing, art and his take on…
Cleaning up hard disks takes up as much time as cleaning up a room or a house. Found a bunch of photographs that were clicked in Lonavala — which weren’t uploaded. Essentially macros, of the flora & fauna adjoining the house. A…
Mumbai gets geared to welcome its favorite deity. Over the decades it has moved from being a Maharashtrian festival to something lots of others follow. This Ganpati is made almost in the style of Srinivasa of Tirupati – check out the tilak…
….asked SR yesterday …… theoretically, he added rapidly. And given that he keeps accusing me of being theoretical (and I suppose that i am) – i was surprised. Lots’ of things, i said. Theoretically of course. At the core there is my…