Harini Calamur's Writings
(declaration : i received a copy of this book to review). In life, we are used to pulling our punches. Very few of us, if any, have the ability to tell people we know, and love, the naked unvarnished truth, as it…
My grand aunt’s husband fought with the Indian National Army (INA).In an era before instant communication, or even the black phone most of grew up with, there was no news of him for a few years. My grand aunt (father’s mom’s sister)…
On World Book Day – that day in the year, where we celebrate our love for books. I hav always liked books. I used to be a fairly lonely child, and books were an escape to another world. I was a fairly…
The Millennials – a generation that seems to perplex everyone, in terms of their attitudes, behaviour, consumption patterns, and work ethos. Over the last few years, I have been keeping abreast of a tome of literature from across sources – academic papers,…
Sultan of Delhi by Arnab Ray, Aka the Great Bong, is a racy and gripping read about a boy who starts with nothing, and rises all the way to the top of his game. The story starts with a today, and keeps…
I wrote this for She the People, earlier this week Many years ago, I read Margaret Atwood’s, dystopian novel, Handmaid’s Tale. Set around a plausible tomorrow, it looks at a world where fertility has plummeted, and there are a special category of…
I have been reading, marking and re reading bits of Orwell’s essays, that form part of a collection i got for next to nothing, in one of the amazon sales. The essay I really enjoyed was on the author and social commentator,…
Every year, for the media studies programme that I have been teaching for the last decade or so, i try and set assignments that get students thinking. The course, in addition to the syllabus, has documentary viewing, reading of select articles and…
Currently reading, Gail Omvedt on Ambedkar : Toward’s an enlightened India . Began reading it on the flight, back to Mumbai. The military then, as now, seems to bea non-discriminatory haven. Bhiva and his brothers had never experienced untouchability in their earlier military homes,…
When i was reading Orwell’s Collection of Essays – i made extensive notes. (and one of the good things about making notes when you are reading an ebook, is that you can mark a book without feeling guilty). Everytime i used a…