Harini Calamur's Writings
Yesterday, i was sifting through the photos that i had shot during the travels. This one stood out for me, for one simple reason. In the ruined remains of a former, glorious, capital city, of the Khmer Empire, a thin gossamer of what…
The last time i took a break, was about a dozen or so years ago. I had just finished launching Zee’s education channel (in my first stint with the group), I was exhausted – physically, mentally and emotionally – and i took…
My Reiki teacher, Prasad, narrated this to us. I paraphrase, The setting is the sabha of the Kauravas, and the scene is the Vastraharan. As long as Draupadi holds on to the cloth that covers her, Dushsasana is successful. It is when she…
Micheal Caine, playing Alfred tells Christian Bale, playing Bruce Wayne (Batman), about a nihilist called the Joker. Because some men aren’t looking for anything logical, like money. They can’t be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch…
After a long time, i wrote an opinion piece for the DNA. And, it essentially was on why India was not being ruled by the Hindu Taliban. The Indian electorate makes informed and wise decisions – it may not be as literate…
Mumbai is not, what you might call, a beautiful city. It has none of the splendour of a Delhi, or the old world charm of a Kolkata or Chennai, it probably is not as hep as parts of Bangalore and Pune. But,…
My earliest memories of deepavali, were being woken up at the crack of dawn – have oil put on my head, a mixture of haldi and chandan on the face and body, and dragged into a bath. I must have been 3….
so, there was a march today, to prove that India was tolerant. and, while on the face of it, it was a good idea – who can disagree with the concept of ‘marching for tolerance’, it has gone wrong  in terms of…
And, there are some more shots. I have been practising night shooting. It is fun, especially trying to capture varying degrees of brightness at different points of the skyline. A lot of photography is framing. It is the same premise as when…
Raghuram Rajan’s speech to IIT, Delhi. Â Go read it — My favorite bit: So what does an educational institution or a nation need to do to keep the idea factory open? The first essential is to foster competition in the market place…