Harini Calamur's Writings
My column in today’s DNA The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, known simply as the RTE, came a century after Gopal Krishna Gokhale made an impassioned plea to the Imperial Legislative Council for introducing Free and Compulsory…
The Times of India, today, quotes a report which claims that Rahul Gandhi said that he was a Brahmin. While it can be argued that since he enjoys a special kind of family based reservation that is dependent on birth not merit,…
Shubhashish asks some tough questions on how the tareeq pe tareeq mode of functioning in courts is eroding & corroding sectors. This is cross posted on his blog. and it has been reposted here without a single correction of a comma, a…
This by Vishnu Bhagwat, the Naval Chief sacked by a politician (George Fernandes) for refusing to appoint a deputy he thought was unfit, “The arms dealers are 99 per cent foreign companies who have Indian agents here. The disturbing thing is that…
Not the best of waking up in the morning. the jaw hitting the floor in slow motion. The article read, before drinking the first cup of Kaapi only to realise that the alarm was raised over next to nothing. Is this good…
My column in today’s DNA “The intent of matrimony is not for man and wife to be always taken up with each other, but jointly to discharge the duties of civil society, to govern their families with prudence, and educate their children…
For the first time ever, POV has a guest blogger. Hopefully this will become a regular feature. Shubhashish, friend, jouranlist and someone who is very interested in Steel and Coal as sectors sent this in. It is also cross posted on his…
My column in today’s DNA How much force do you need to apply to break a human bone? Quite a bit actually, for the human skeletal system is designed to take a fair amount of stress and strain. We may bruise our…
And Google Doodle does it again. While it may look colourful, and symbolise Holi, it is in fact for the International Women’s Day. I suppose that this is not the time to write a long rant on why it would be much…
The Amul Advertisement The question is, are they ? worthy that is… not in my opinion. they represent the worst of all other Parties in India, the corrupt brazenness of the Congress, the willingness to take to the streets and disrupt like…