Harini Calamur's Writings
The Left has decided to make its support to the UPA government even more conditional than it already is. Every major step forward in the last 12 odd months has seen this kind of ‘gun to the head behaviour’. A whole lot…
Two very different stories that I chanced upon today. Both have to do with food. And both have to do with death. Both have to do with abject Government callousness, and the complete disregard for regulatory norms by those who control the…
George Fernandes is famous for them. Flip Flops I mean. A former priest, a former socialist, a former hater of MNC’s, a former hater of the rabid right – he has turned 180 degrees away from where he began. But, even he…
From today’s ET Entertainment – three choice headlines that were forwarded to me on as part of my Bloglines feeds: a) Salman’s Trial to Start on June 30th b) Saregama Hits despite lack of Musical Hits c) Now.. watch Brittany Spears N…
I hate agreeing with anything that the RSS says. But, i must admit that their head has it right . Advani and Vajpayee need to make way for a younger generation. Primarily because they are losing their minds. I can live with Jinnah…
A few weeks ago, the newly opened Bed Lounge Bar attracted a fair amount of flak for barring people wearing traditional costumes from their premises. My own view on that was very simple. Any establishment has the right to choose its own…
Putting together this weeks’ blog mela was an incredibly rewarding experience. I had a wonderful journey through Indian blogdom. There are almost 50 posts featured here. My thanks to all those who nominated. Without Bloglines this task would have been chaotic:) I…
This from the latest issue of iNSIGHT – thanks to Shivam for the link- a very valid query: Early 2003, Ashok Singhal was a key presence at an official occasion organised by the Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha to declare the Nepalese king as…
The Rabid Right Resurfaces. This from today’s Indian Express: Activists of ABVP, student’s wing of BJP, today ransacked the high security Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of today’s meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE). The activists, who stormed the conference…
Mr.L.K.Advani finds him self in the eye of a storm. For two reasons: a) he called the demolition of the Babri Masjid “the saddest day of my life” b) He said some nice sounding things about Mohd.Ali Jinnah – the man who…