Harini Calamur's Writings
The latest that seems to be coming out of an increasingly sordid war, is that the American’s blue eyed lap dog – Ahmad Chalabi was an Iranian Spy. This does not come out of a Liberal, or a loony or a conspiracy…
During the second world war the British Soldiers used to refer to their American Allies (GI’s) as being “oversexed, overpaid and overhere” I think that the phrase that can be applied to the US invasion force in Iraq is “over inept, over…
In the modern American lexion Abu Ghraib has come to denote Pandora’s box. Each day a new set of revelations come out to turn your stomach. Seymour Hersh’s new salvo from the New Yorker this week seems to imply that Mr.Rumsfield lied…
A young American, Nicholas Berg – was beheaded today by brutal murderers, who claimed that it was in revenge for Abu Ghraib. They Said: “For the mothers and wives of American soldiers, we tell you that we asked the US administration to…
“Take the worse case and multiply it several times over.” – Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore. on the pictures of abuse and humiliation from Abu Ghraib. How much worse? I have, like millions of others, seen selected pictures in newspapers, television channels, and…
Extremely good article by Fareed Zakaria in the Newsweek. Somehow leaders and Governments have begun behaving as though by attaining power they are above the law. Across the world, leaders no longer seem to think that they are answerable to the people….
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, ‘‘In the Middle East and too often today, the symbol of America is not the Statue of Liberty; it’s the prisoner standing on a box wearing a dark cape and a dark hood on his head, wires attached…
In Mumbai you would often find roads that have trees bang in the middle – as is the case on the road where I stay. But, traffic is ever adaptible. They simply leave the tree be, and move on either side of…
from somewhere on the net. i first saw this a week ago. I was too angry to blog about it. I am not an Arab, an Iraqi or a Muslim – yet when I see this picture – within me builds a…
Chicago lab helps couples create made-to-order babies There is a part of me that is happy for the family. there is another part of me which is terrified at the Pandora’s Box being opened up by something like this. What next. Do…