Harini Calamur's Writings
Bites the hand that feeds him – screamed the headline on Firstpost.in on Shah Rukh Khan, reminding me of Sholay. Had discussed the film with my class this morning, and the film was kind of fresh. The introductury scene of Gabbar, he…
“It is a fact that most of the corrupt come from the OBC and the scheduled castes and no increasingly, scheduled tribes and as long as this is the case the Indian Republic will survive” – Ashish Nandy I have been told…
My blog for Tehelka, last week. Yes, Maachis should have been on the list Zero Dark Thirty has hit the screens to much controversy, debate, acclaim and box office success. The film deals with the decade long hunt for master terrorist…
My column in today’s DNA This is an old story that exists in many cultures in slightly varying forms. And, despite its folksy nature, it still holds lessons for today – be it in interpersonal conduct or in international relations. Once upon…
This is a story from the Mahabharata, that like many from from that epic , this too has lessons for the modern age. Dronacharya the guru to the Kuru Princes – the 100 Kauravas and the 5 Pandavas – and assorted nobility…
My blog for Tehelka last week 2012 was a somber year exemplified by the general lack of hope. I am not mentioning words like corruption and nepotism simply because they are so very endemic, and increase the level of hopelessness. As a…
My Column in today’s DNA 2012 was the year in which the discourse on violence against women stepped out, from the dingy nooks and crannies that it inhabited, the hushed whispers it was talked in . to into the public space with…
What is development ? it is security to be who you are…. school girls playing kho kho in the area between the school and the temple. Sanaswadi, Shiroor, Pune District Maharashtra Girls in School, look at the smiles – you can’t buy…
A few days ago, I didn’t know there was a rapper called Yo Yo Honey Singh (no, seriously) Hardly surprising given that the main form of music that i consume is Hindustani Classical Vocal. Â Yet, today i know more about him than…
My blog for Tehelka last week : There is a fabulous quote from the fantastic BBC comedy “Yes Minister“. Â It deals with ministers and their memoirs : “Any statement in a politician’s memoirs can represent one of six different levels of reality:…