Harini Calamur's Writings
for your defenders are dead – 14 police including ATS head Hemant Karkare, encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar, and ACP Ashok Kamte died defending Mumbai the men who claim to love you have no spine – where is the Thackeray khandaan. where is…
The second day of the horror. Terrorists rained bullets and grenades inside the city, its symbols and killed, and maimed. It is a military like operation – a small elite task force, fighting an urban battle. Except that, unlike the military it…
And it happened again. Except with a difference. This time there were armed gun men spraying in addition to bombs. My brother was getting home from Chembur. He had gone for a colleague’s wedding. And, he got late. and later. and even…
“It’s a free country !” I snarled at my mother, when I was 16. I can’t remember what it was for, but i remember her response. “There is a difference between liberty and license” she said. “Liberty or Freedom comes with its…
Since i got back from Nepal, life has been strange. between migranes, non stop edits, battles with a viral flu – that has left me woozy; and the work load that is piling up; and the fact that the three of us…
Finally after a year in pre production, Jhing Chik Jhing went on the floors in Dhule on the 10th of November 2008. It is Cogito’s first foray into films. Shishir & Pushpank are on location in Dhule. Shirish and I are holding…
This morning a bunch of Priests visited our house. Two of them seemed to be grihasta’s (householders), and one seemed to be a Sanyasi – he was wearing the saffron of renunciation. They said the shloka’s, blessed the family and left. They…
… actually have been back since Friday, but was recovering from the mother of all pith/migraine attacks…how did it feel ? like i went 20 rounds with Mike Tyson without the sense to give up in round one.. lots of things have…
There is a film to be made…. am off to Kathmandu till the sixth….. a few predictions for when i return a) Bush will not be the President of the USA :). I hope that it is Obama, but i fear it…
diwali @ lonavala – used up a whole lot of candles, JD and i had fun fiddling with our respective cameras. the folks chilled, the dogess played … and i was at peace ! coming up next, battle stations ….