Harini Calamur's Writings
The buzz, the glamour, the hype, the smartness, the over exposure, in a way makes us forget what a good actor [tag]Shah Rukh Khan[/tag] is. And, [tag]Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi[/tag] is another example of a person carrying a film by their…
Duh …. This from here: Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi has claimed that the group was not involved in the Mumbai carnage but said his organisation would admit its mistakes provided it was proved that it was in any way linked…
Two very different stories caught my attention today. Both are related to media coverage. One was in the Indian Express by Rajat Sharma, of India TV, quoting a former Army Chief – who had come into the channel to advice producers &…
Yesterday, elections results in 5 states were announced. The Congress won three of them. I wonder whether the disconnect between the media, the elite and the electorate is so much! I truly respect the PM. I like this government – possibly because…
Like most others in blogosphere, I too read Barkha Dutt’s passionate defense of reportage on News Channels. My first response was to Fisk it. Wikipedia quotes Eric S. Raymond from the the Jargon File: A point-by-point refutation of a blog entry or…
At another point in my blogging life, i had posted this. must have been some other calamity/ disaster/terror strike. I came across an old poem of [tag]Khalil Gibran[/tag] – used to read him when i was a student. it was the in…
i was there. it wasn’t a mass of humanity as much as many groups, and individuals each protesting or mourning in their own way. Most people smiled at each other,hardly jostled, kept their space, allowing others theirs, and yet bonding. I used…
this was supposed to be a longish post, till my dad pointed out that “Indian Intelligence” is an oxymoron. It is used for finding out who, in politics, sleeps with whom. There are rumours that India has Intelligence Agencies. Their existence is…
A friend called me up after this post. “not fair” he said. “Pimps are honest – they tell you what they do and how much they charge”. So i apologise to all the pimps who may be offended by that post. I…
The last post gathered a flurry of comments on both this blog and on FB where i reposted it. There hasn’t been a single comment supporting the media. Kishore Ajwani wrote in : This is Kishore Ajwani. I apologise to all of…