Harini Calamur's Writings
The World of News
The world’s largest advertising carrier in today’s Chennai edition : To copy editors at ToI, repeat slowly IIT – Indian Institute of Technology – elite, academic institutes that offer..bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, management and other disciplines. The…
Madh Island, Mumbai, is dotted with bungalows that are often used for shoots. They are called shoot bungalows – as compared to the private or company bungalows that dot the landscape. We were shooting for a show called Golden Age, hosted by…
Once again my eye chances upon something that induces your my jaw to hit the floor and come back up in very, very slow motion. The world’s largest selling English language daily in association with the owner of an IPL team bring…
From the ToI – sometime last year When Sonia Gandhi hid her tears and despair behind those famous dark glasses and sat still like a nun at prayer, the embalmed body of her husband Rajiv Gandhi on a hot May afternoon of…
…if people like ‘us’ (as in the elite – definitely not me ) commit a crime – even a heinous one, is it not a crime? Does coming from a certain ‘background’ absolve you of guilt ? So why this outpouring of…
Where there is friendship, can originship be far away ? This from the DNA : Am not sure if this is the DNA or PTI – but it seems as if all newspapers and news agencies have laid off the copy team….
rather boring three days. was at holy spirit for death by boredom and a zillion and one tests. caught up on reading and actually read the newspapers instead of getting a RSS feed. Almost died of a heart attack when i saw…
Dictionary.com has around 76 known usages of the word cast. I am reproducing 6 of those here, do check out the rest – they too are illuminating ! –verb (used with object) 1. to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the…
The person i feel sorriest for in 24 hour news channels is the Sound Recordist. Having to hear our esteemed ‘news anchors’ screech their way through various issues – must deafen the strongest of ear drums. Of all the news channels, there…
At first, when my nani called me up to tell me that SRK was arrested in the USA – I thought that they had sent him to Gitmo ! Then i realised it was a 2 hour stop at the airport. I…