Harini Calamur's Writings
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The World of the Tamil Merchant, is a part of a larger series on India’s rich trade history that is anchored by Gurcharan Das. I have one other of the series, the one on Gujarati merchants, and how they pioneered globalised (yet…
Collateral on Netflix, is a taut tight thriller, that is at the intersection of three organisations linked to the murder of a pizza delivery boy in London. it is based around the frissions between important people in , what Marx would term,…
Gender and Indian Classical Music : An edited version of this appeared in the Indian Express as the “Songs they Sang, and the Songs they Didn’t” Jalsaghar is the National Award winning Satyajit Ray film, that tells the story of one man…
It began as one of those really lovely twitter chats. A conversation about music. About love. About friendship. And, before i know it, i was looking at music that is about an all consuming/consuming love for Agents of Ishq There is lust….
(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…
Conflict (Documentary) available on Netflix, is the story of photojournalists who cover conflict. It tells 6 discrete stories of 6 different photographers, from different parts of the world, who document some of the worst conflicts on earth, today. Conflict on Netflix, a…
The Expanse , on Netflix India, is a science fiction series, set 200 years in the future. And, it is a dystopian future. Earth, in this period has colonised and settled Mars. Mars has fought and won independence from Earth. And there is tension…
David Fincher’s series Mindhunter, that released on Netflix a couple of weeks ago, is an atmospheric period piece on a subject that is very popular on American TV and film – serial killers, and the people who hunt them – the FBI…
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)…
If , like me, you were brought up on a steady diet of commando comics, then the story of Dunkirk would be familiar to you. A beleaguered British Army, chased to the ocean by the all powerful German Army. And, a motely…