Harini Calamur's Writings
Star Trek is finally dead. Author Orson Scott Card says it is about time. In a irritated write up in the LA Times he lists all things that were wrong about it. Especially the fans’ obsession. They started making costumes and wearing…
Shishir’s signature on his email: The generation that used acid to escape reality Is now using antacid to deal with reality Shirish’s is: all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that a few good men do nothing Mine for…
This a forward from Ingrid: Audre Lorde’s comment about gender-specific occupations: “Being called a poetess brings out the terroristress in me”
Today, I read about the new motorcycle to be launched by Bajaj. It is called the Avenger. It replaces the Eliminator in the market. When it comes to advertising men’s products there seems to be an overdose of words that refer to…
Last week, i blogged about the judge who asked a rape victim to consider marrying her rapist. Week before last we have the horrifying case of a 17 year old (minor) being raped in a police station. Last Sunday a married woman…
The story so far: Ward boy rapes a nurse, in the hospital, and gouges out her eyes when she tries to resist. “the girl, a nurse, was on duty at the hospital at Karkari mode in East Delhi looking after a comatose…
Consider a scenario. You are a body that has hired a bunch of people to do a particular job. That job could be cleaning the garbage, making out cheques, serving food, managing finance, anything. The person or persons does not turn up…
… seems to be the Sena’s response to the horrific rape of a 17 year old college student in a police chowki, in the middle of the day. And this too in India’s “safest” city for women, Mumbai. In a scathing editorial…
last couple of days my myrealbox.com id has been innundated with mysterious mail. most of them are zip files and get sent straight to the bin. The e-mail id says that it is from someone at fbi.gov. Somehow they didn’t strike me…
Apparently we are turning into a planet of zombies. The Guardian reports: The distractions of constant emails, text and phone messages are a greater threat to IQ and concentration than taking cannabis, according to a survey of befuddled volunteers. Doziness, lethargy and…