Harini Calamur's Writings
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Days like this, thankfully, do not occur very frequently. Finished very late last night. Was working on a proposal that is just not gelling together. I have all the data points. I have all that is needed – but the proposal itself…
When, on day 14, I wrote about Dr.Ambedkar and his words of freedom – a friend ( a real life friend) posted a recommendation – Read Bhimayana. And, JM is a person who knows my reading habits. He has, over the years,…
Mohd. Rafi – In all the years that i have been blogging (my first ever blog post was in June 2003) – I have done a fair few posts on Hindi film music. But, there has been no post on Mohammed Rafi. It…
Sita born of the earth, beloved daughter of Janaka – the name Janaki comes from there – princess of Videha (Vaidehi), wife of Rama, coveted by Ravana, Mother to Luv Kush. Abandoned wife. There are lots of ways of describing Sita. But,…
I grew up learning Carnatic Vocal music. Learnt the Veena for a while as well. But, today most of my music listening tends to be Hindustani Classical Music. Especially Vocal music. I find the form – which is non regimented – a delight…
Strange sort of a Sunday. A domesticated sort of a Sunday. Can almost hear myself go Moo. I cooked – Pasta with tomato and veggie sauce. Something deeply therapeutic about assembling a dish from fresh ingredients rather than opening a bottle of…
Today is the birthday of Mukesh – for the younger generation stumbling across this blog , he was the grandfather of Neil Nitin Mukesh. To be honest, Mukesh was not my favorite singer. I much preferred the voices of Mohammed Rafi, Manna…
As a kid I used to wait for Mondays. That’s because my father used to come home with comics in his briefcase. Indrajal comics – The Phantom, Mandrake, Flash Gordan and Bahadur. Then there were Amar Chitra Katha – stories of history…
Yesterday was a strange day. a Good day but a strange day. Morning was lectures at Sophia’s…interactions this term is on “Features & Opinions” and yesterday’s scheduled activity was film viewing. I had a list of serious documentaries to show them, but…
Today was better than yesterday … 😀 thank fully .. It was the folks 46th wedding anniversary. At times i look at them kootchi cooing like teenagers, at others they scrap like newly weds. there are some nice black and white pics…