Harini Calamur's Writings
Hello and welcome to the first edition of BlogMela this year. And the year has gotten off to a great start. Some great writing in various categories from Desi Blogdom. Here goes. Arts and Entertainment Srican has an account of the nature…
The Moral Brigade has been in rampant form this year. From dress codes in colleges, to angst about virginity (aside: why is there such an issue over such a minor tissue I can never ever fathom ?) From the restriction of employment…
… goes to L.K.Advani – for stating that the BJP was going through a bad patch. Fatricidal warfare that would embarass the Congress (not to mention the Kauravas and Pandavas), Half a dozen MP’s caught on tape taking bribes, a sex scandal,…
This week has seen the Mumbai High Court give an incomprehensible ruling on Adult Certified films on TV. They have placed the onus on what we get on our Television screens, not on the broadcaster but on the cable operator who brings…
If a news channel ran 63 stories on a single issue in a week, you won’t be mistaken in thinking that it is an overkill – unless of course the aliens landed on earth or the PM got assasinated or the US…
Over the last few years i have blogged on and off about termination of the female foetus leading to massive gender imbalances in India. It is something that bothers me terribly. Yet, would my response be the same if hordes of women…
There are few things as entertaining in life, as to see the right replay Mahabharat over and over again. Fatricidal warfare seems to be the name of the game. Raj and Uddhav deciding to part ways on power and its application. Uma…
Natwar Singh being made a minister without a portfolio is akin to a pimp without a prostitute. Really sad. Have the spine to sack the man, or to back him. This sort of vascillating is really stupid.
For me, childhood memories of Diwali include getting up at the crack of dawn – literally – and having an oil bath – ganga snanam – before phodofying fatakas and taking sweets to the neighbours. One of the joys of liberalisation and…