Harini Calamur's Writings
The Guardian today had a selection of letters from Iraq excerpted from Michael Moore’s new book. The letters are terribly heart rending. … I was so scared. Didn’t know what to think. Seeing dead bodies for the first time. People blown in…
…is a commone phrase you will find in blogdom, in reference to the Hostage Tragedy in Russia. The term refers to the mother who chose between taking her son to freedom and her daughter to freedom. My father commented this morning, even…
A brilliant description from the Angry Arab News Service The only reason that somebody like Muqtada As-Sadr (who has limited knowledge, no oratorical skills, and no charisma) can achieve this level of popularity is only due to the incompetence, stupidity, and unpopularity…
The success of Harry Potter not withstanding, it is a bit difficult – for someone brought up as a religious rationalist – to believe in witchcraft. Not that I don’t know people who don’t. I have an aunt who told me that…
There was a story of a boy called Ramu who herded sheep deep into the forest. Now Ramu was a lazy boy and didn’t like long walks into the forest. He would rather sit by the edge of the forest and play…