Harini Calamur's Writings
My column in today’s DNA The events unfolding in Delhi are fascinating. Battered by scam after scam, with some of its ministers in jail, a punch drunk UPA 2 looks like a shadow of a government. Its other ministers and spokespersons have…
So, I conducted a poll today. On Twitter. Didn’t set up an online poll because if I can buck the system and vote multiple times, so can anyone else. Therefore this was done the old fashioned way. I asked a simple question…
Just when you thought that: the Government can’t get stupider, they go and prove you wrong. Why would anyone in their right mind arrest Anna Hazare? the Parliament was useless, you hear brilliant debates. Arun Jaitley was fantastic. was telling someone form ULL…
Interesting. This in the Guardian In the aftermath of this week’s riots, a 23-year-old student with no previous convictions was jailed for the maximum permitted six months after pleading guilty to stealing bottles of water worth £3.50 from Lidl in Brixton. Two…
My column in today’s DNA: Most of us incur debt in our everyday lives. Buying goods on a credit card is undertaking debt. Buying a house with a loan is debt. So is buying a car. Taking a loan from a bank…
There is nothing quite that can beat Mumbai Monsoons. The darkening of the skies, the cool breeze, the smell of earth – and this entire feeling of the city being washed clean. Yes. Traffic is a pain. the roads disintegrate. Idiot drivers…
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…