Harini Calamur's Writings
January Second, at about 5 a.m. on a cold desert’s winter morning, we drove down from [tag]Jaipur [/tag]to Pushkar. It was my unlce’s 7th death anniversary, and my aunt wanted to offer prayers for his soul. The predominant colours along the journey…
An editorial from the Washington Post BIGOTRY COMES in various guises — some coded, some closeted, some colossally stupid. The bigotry displayed recently by Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a Republican who represents a patch of south-central Virginia, falls squarely in the…
…. feels the Great Bong, to postpone the strike just before Christmas. And he offers suggestions on how she can make reparations. The situation can only be salvaged if the strike be postponed to 26th and 27th which in hindsight may be…
…. and seen to be done. Manu Sharma is guilty of Jessica Lall’s Murder. There were a flurry of SMS’s last night – mostly from women friends – and for all of us, at some level, it had become personal. It was…
if this had happened to a ethnic group, a religious group, or a caste or indeed a tribe – there would be pandemonium. But, it happens just to women – and therefore it is excused under a variety of heads from culture…
In a world where journalists are taught that ‘man bites dog’ is news, it is hardly surprising that they will look at a 5 page academic report by the Prime Minister, and pick out the only line that they possibly understood. This…
The ability of people to create nuisance in our lives is possibly directly proportional to our ability to tolerate it. So it was good to read about a school and its students in Kolkatta, that stood up to be counted and went…
Santosh Singh Sanjay Dutt Sadhu Yadav Sibu Soren Navjot Singh Sidhu if i was the type that believed in astrology or numerology or alphebetology (does it exist) – i would postulate that the remaining three ‘celeb’ accused seriously consider changing their names….
….. says the DNA – not in so many words, but that is more or less the take away. Some excerpts: Come December 6, residents of Shivaji Park in Central Dadar press the panic button. Many alter their work and daily schedules,…
(warning: this post contains pictures that may offend the ‘dignity’, ‘decency’, and sensibility of some readers). Not Priyanka Vadera Gandhi, Not even Priyanka Chopra. But, [tag]Priyanka Bhotmange[/tag]. Just a simple, ordinary girl called Priyanka who lived in a small little village called…