Harini Calamur's Writings
Just one wave, and the footprints will be gone… Two waves down and all traces of the footprints will be erased… Time … it erases most things … collective memory, wisdom, culture, languages, relgions. I wonder how many forgotten ‘gods’ there…
Interesting. This in the Guardian In the aftermath of this week’s riots, a 23-year-old student with no previous convictions was jailed for the maximum permitted six months after pleading guilty to stealing bottles of water worth £3.50 from Lidl in Brixton. Two…
Today I heard a singer, who touched my soul. My heart blossomed in happiness – I could actually feel it – and I had this gooey smile plastered on my face when he finished singing. I was searching for some variations of…
Finally got to watch Singham Just the kind of movie that doesn’t tax your brain. which holds your attention for the two odd hours that it runs. Singham – after Wanted and Dabangg – is a back to basics film. Totally Desi….
My column in today’s DNA: Most of us incur debt in our everyday lives. Buying goods on a credit card is undertaking debt. Buying a house with a loan is debt. So is buying a car. Taking a loan from a bank…
There is no special reason for this post – no birthday or death anniversary, except that a person I know and respect greatly asked me for one on Madan Mohan. And since, I do love Hindi music, and love the music of…
There is nothing quite that can beat Mumbai Monsoons. The darkening of the skies, the cool breeze, the smell of earth – and this entire feeling of the city being washed clean. Yes. Traffic is a pain. the roads disintegrate. Idiot drivers…
(am now on the 60 day project 😀 – enjoyed the 30 day project too much to give up) Been hearing an audio book – The Information: A History,  A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick. Essentially been my car listening when…
And it is done. The thirty day project. My way of reclaiming my life and interests, my friends and family, from ennui. When I started the project, I didn’t think I would be able to last the 30 days. Inertia is not…
And, let there be light …. My little diffuser …. a little tea light and a few drops of aromatic oil…. Lights off — and slow breathe in breathe out .. meditation .. Amongst the things that I have been neglecting has…