Harini Calamur's Writings
Every year, at around this time, I trudge down to Mumbai University – Kalina to correct/moderate papers. I, for my sins, am the chairperson for one of the papers. When asked the first time what does the chairperson do – I was…
Sometimes, the mind is a dangerous place to get lost in.it is a place where time & space are elastic and past, present and future co-exist without any issue.And it is even more scary when that manifests itself as an almost lifelike,…
The Boss. Quite a character. Swears like a sailor. Commands like an empress. Plays like a child. Is stubborn as a mule. Sulks like a prima donna. stalks like a hunter. pranoid. self willed. with a sense of humour . Never name…
stuff i have no answers to … a) what is it about the male of the species and their fascination for nose snort, ear wax and other assorted stuff … a few days ago i overheard two building boys having an animated…
It is that time of the year again. i trudge down to Kalina and correct papers. The students who finish this course go on to become journalists .. and they come up with some gems. . The University is still in the…
I got a mail today. There is nothing unusual about that – i get mails on most days…It’s the content of the mail that cracked me up : with a subject matter that read we miss you, the mail read as follows…
Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. – thomas gray – elegy written in a country church…
standing at the edge of the ocean, dancing… that woman was…. I wish sometimes that i can drop all caution and just do mad stuff – not necessarily dance at the edge of the ocean … but ….
and here is something surreal to go with it : Ted Hughes on why the Crow is Black futility 🙁 The Crow’s Fall When Crow was white he decided the sun was too white. He decided it glared much too whitely. He…
Memories are funny things… here I am at home, recovering from a mild sun stroke. (It doesn’t seem very mild – yesterday, i thought that i was dying … today it seems like i may not after all die of the sunstroke…