Harini Calamur's Writings
31st October is the death anniversary of one of the greatest music directors of the [tag]Hindi Film Industry[/tag]. This is the first person who went beyond Indian Classical roots, or western classical roots – like many of his contemporaries – and made…
There are some stories that simply don’t make the news, while others more than make up for it in terms of volume……even though both may be in the same zone…..Let’s look at a few random examples: Amitabh Bachchan’s house getting flooded is…
Project Censored has a list of the top 25 censored stories of 2007. This is obviously in the USA. And here censorship does not necessarily mean reports or reportage that the Government bans in a ham handed manner. Oh, those will get…
I have finally upgraded my blog – this is now running on WP 2.3 The theme is 1st Zaxioma 1.03 by Zaki plugins include FCKEditor WP Flickr Post Bar Subscribe Me Comment Quicktags Akismet Assorted widgets include Feedburner Widget Flickr Badge Widgtet…
Have finally overcome severe inertia to upgrade the site … to a new version of word press etal This follows hot on the heels of me upgrading my machine at home….. am still finding my way around the new system …. personalizing…
You must have been on moon not to have not heard and be struck by [tag]Tehelka[/tag]’s expose on the Gujarat riots, in the words of the men who committed murder, rape, and carnage. THERE WAS no spontaneity to what happened in Gujarat…
…. is a term my mother often uses to describe me and my friends — both male and female. Sometimes my dad says that i who was so focused and blinkered when I was twenty possilby regressed into my teens. My grandmother…
If you have ever wondered how it feels at the moment of death, you don’t have to rack your imagination anymore… From Drowning to Explosive Decomprssion an entire list has been painstakingly put together here. Here is an excerpt…. Decapitation was regarded…
The NYT has an excellent op-ed on corruption. Specifically, corruption in the context of the Iraq war. Called Suicide is Not Painless (a kind of hat tip to MASH whose theme music was "Suicide is Painless"). It starts with the suicide of…
… kind of describes our politicians well, and it describes people of all political persuasion. This from CNN-IBN "Rahul-Rajiv, Rajiv-Feroz. Until there it’s okay, but then what after that? These Congressmen who abuse Narendra Modi, show us your roots. You are the…