Harini Calamur's Writings
The last few weeks – the period that i was not blogging – have been extremely stressful. There has been sleepless nights, round the clock councils of war, there has been battle, and there has been tremendous pressure exerted on us. And…
… we – that is the client and us – played Ring-a-ring-roses, for around 10 hours. I prefer the hangover 🙂 One day we are all going to look back and laugh. I hope that day comes soon and all involved are…
This Diwali has been extra work for all of us. There is Dial One aur Jeeto there is the new post produced show with all its taam jaam. and there is the fiction pilot that we are shooting in a week. Also…
For me, childhood memories of Diwali include getting up at the crack of dawn – literally – and having an oil bath – ganga snanam – before phodofying fatakas and taking sweets to the neighbours. One of the joys of liberalisation and…
was talking to my grandmother and my periappa this mornin g. Both Chennai and AP seem to be floating in tons of water. Both asked me why MSM doesnt’ seem to think that Chennai and Vizag deserve national coverage. Afterall, a whole…
In the last couple of weeks there has been construction work happening outside our office. A sidewalk is being built. And there is a whole bunch of people working on it. This particular young man wheels in gravel. Adarsh Nagar, where the…
family—amma October 2nd in addition to being Gandhi Jayanti is amma’s birthday. Yesterday we had a quiet lunch at home. JD & I cooked the lunch. And we just spent some quality time together in relative companionship. Dad and JD got her…
The Ladies Tailor When i was a kid, this is the man who made all our clothes. The Ladies Tailor,whom you found on every street, ever nook and corner of every city. He had this huge collection of bound books full of…
The surgery was successful. i checked into the hospital at around 9 in the morning. By 10 am met the Anesthetist. Two of the most jolly people that you can meet. They explained the procedure to me. And said that i will…