Harini Calamur's Writings
… and let the world go by! The morning started with a 2.45 am call from Shirish. I had SMSed him around 11.45 p.m to call me if he was awake. He received the SMS at 2.45 and called me promptly. Both…
Over heard at a party yesterday: whiney voice: but it is raining heavily! bored response: what do you expect – it is monsoons. The party was at Lavanya and Anand’s new place in Yari Road. Lots of people turned up. most had…
Tuesday, 26th July, began like most other Tuesdays in my life. Wake up by 6.30 a.m. get ready to get to Peddar Road – and teach. Tuesday I was focusing on the role of media in creating a “collective conciousness”. Post the…
A friend’s father passed away on Friday. Shirish and I had gone to pay our respects at the home on Friday. And yesterday, Shishir and I went for the burial ceremony at Sewri. It was a Christian (methodist, i think) ceremony. The…
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince : finished the first reading last night. Great fun. Will read it again over the weekend! JD and I shared the book.
picture by Jayadev The kids in the building call me Rani’s sister. My mom, Rani’s mother. My Dad – Rani’s father. the car Rani’s Car. The driver Rani’s driver. and of course the house, Rani’s house. Mein benaam ho gayi!!
Van Gogh – Skull of a Skeleton with a Burning Cigarette, 1886 One of my favourite paintings. At a certain level telling you that you are damned by your “habits” for eternity, and at the other telling you that smoking kills. Was…
Mahuli on Her second Birthday on 22nd May. Inertia in uploading the pictures:)
…. she has grown. She’s now a young lady going through her troublesome teens.
…In addition to being Gandhi Jayanti is my mothers’ birthday. Jayadev organised a surprise birthday party for her. I think what surprised her the most was me landing up for lunch – I was supposed to be shooting. Rani went bonkers at…