Harini Calamur's Writings
Dear M.J.Akbar you are one of the most erudite, well-informed, knowledgeable, well read people in Indian journalism. So how does a magazine that you edit, put out stuff like this you need to tell whoever wrote that headline that all Christians are not…
If you belonged to a certain generation, as I do, this was possibly the song you danced to, in college. British Band ‘Right Said Fred’ having a bit of fun with “I am too sexy” … Someone at the Times of India…
A person who wasn’t really there this year. A person who has been ailing for a long time. Yet, this year more than any other, I missed his presence, his wisdom, his sense of humour, his ability to rise above politics and…
(some things never change – Indian politicians) And one more artistic great makes his way to the world beyond… This year has seen a severe depletion in the ranks of the greatest and most beloved of cultural icons. Started with Bhimsen Joshi….
And one more goes off into the sunset. What a year it has been for Indian Culture -both classical & mass.. Here is a bit a wrote a couple of years ago on his birthday. Dev Saheb – the original Peter Pan…
20 years ago, every little road in Mumbai would have a ladies tailor. Women in the neighbourhood would go to him, flirt with him (most ladies tailors were pucca flirts) and get their clothes made – usually sari blouses, salwar kameezes, and…
So how will FDI affect him. Zero cost of land – (theoretically)… he probably has to pay bribes because he is squatting between the pavement and the road, blocking both. Bang opposite a station (Vile Parle) – en route for customers who…
And after 4 days when the terrorists terrorized, the media went ballistic and people watched a spectator sport – it ended today, 3 years ago. This morning I tried to look for the names of the police and the NSG men who…
image – google doodle on the 17th of September 2011 The man who triggered my love for History, Mythology, Religion and Comics – the birth anniversary of Uncle Pai. Amar Chitra Katha – that was a concept 😀
So Pakistan Published an Ad on 9/11. In the WSJ. The trouble with laughing so much that your stomach hurts, is that there is no time to feel outrage 😀 And, then given that it is the net and there is a…