Harini Calamur's Writings
I am glad that someone somewhere had the courage to stand up and issue an edict against those who use religion to spread terror. Infact there are two fatwas – One against terrorists the other agianst attacking religious structures. And it is…
I saw an ad yesterday which really struck me dumb. It was for SBI Debit Cards. It paid a backhanded tribute to a number of hindi films. The ad looked like something out of "Do Bigha Zamin". An emaniciated BPL (Below Poverty…
…. I fixed the mess that had happened on the blog. There was an unasked for javascript (so the validator told me) line somewhere on one of the recent posts. Somewhere between a quote from the Indian Express and DNA. This cost…
The last few days i have been having a few problems with my WP template. All of a sudden the alignment buggered up, posts were truncated and the sidebar shifted itself to the other side. Wierd. The problem essentially was with the…
If something happens that you dont’ like – change the rules. This seems to be the position taken by the Samajwadi Party on the office for profit issue. As of yesterday they pushed through a bill that seeks to take away 79…
It would be good if all year round was considered to be ‘special’ for women. However, while lip service is paid on the 8th of March – this is the reality: Raising questions about the safety of women even in the high-security…
I love this headline from the Hindu : `No front can win without DIC(K) help’ and crackd up more when I read this one: DIC (K) factor may delay UDF seat-sharing? Im sure that sounds very uncomfortable. And, its only the Hindu…
The Jessica Lal Case is yet one more where the accused have been given more ‘importance’ than the victim. An excellent panel of defence lawyers managed to get continuance after continuance – and in the 7 odd year that passed memories faded,…
Getting rid of MP’s has just got easier …… Samajwadi Party on Monday suffered a setback when its MP and former actress Jaya Bachchan was disqualified as a member of the Rajya Sabha and a similar petition seeking to unseat another high…
If a Muslim Nutcase can put a price of 51 crores on the Danish cartoonist, can the Hindu nuts be far behind? The Hindu Personal Law Board (wtf is that ) has put a price of Rs.51 crores on M.F.Hussain’s head. three…