Harini Calamur's Writings
I am, on most days, a centrist moderate who has a 10 degree oscillation on issues to the left and right. I believe in a safety net, i believe in strong national security. I believe in inclusive politics and I believe in…
The person i feel sorriest for in 24 hour news channels is the Sound Recordist. Having to hear our esteemed ‘news anchors’ screech their way through various issues – must deafen the strongest of ear drums. Of all the news channels, there…
At first, when my nani called me up to tell me that SRK was arrested in the USA – I thought that they had sent him to Gitmo ! Then i realised it was a 2 hour stop at the airport. I…
Again a piece of Lazy Blogging- here is something adapted from a post I did last year on the Idea of India – through songs. I had earlier posted a version of this post on Blogbharti, as a part of the spotlight…
Confession Time. I don’t like buying food – especially vegetables – in malls. Never have. I find their sanitized organization scary. Even when I stayed in London, I would trudge down to the local market and pick up fresh veggies from the…
Lazy blogging. Yesterday, was Kishore Kumar’s birthday. and, i thought i will re-cycle last year’s post on classical Kishore- (origianl post August 16th 2008) Kishore Kumar was a genius. And, it was his birthday about 10 days ago (4th August) yesterday ….
Take some data. it could be any data. Add a bit of correlation, stir in a bit of causality, simmer with coincidence and garnish with a leap of faith – package well with a chatty narrative style -and bingo – you have…
What did he expect ? Abhinav Bhatt, a law student based in Pune, filed a complaint with the magistrate’s court in June 2000, saying that Rediff has committed offence under section 292 of IPC (selling, distributing obscene material). His contention was that…
Sach Ka Samna on Star Plus has created a storm in a tea cup. It’s a show that is a format adaptation – based on the ‘Moment of Truth’. I saw it last week. I liked the way that it has been…
“Hi, would you like to come and see our flick” An innocuous line, you would think, but one which got K fuming I could see the fumes coming out of her ear. “That stupid child doesn’t know how to handle the client.”…