Harini Calamur's Writings
After last week’s agitation by farmer’s in Gujarat to get Modi out – this week it is the turn of BJP MLA’s within his own party. They are calling for the resignation of Modi for his high handed behaviour and arrogance. To…
Today’s headlines from Rediff had me gasping. I thought that the loony left had taken over the Finance Ministry and there was George Fernandes style nationalisation on the cards. FM Targets Fortune 500 Comapnies – said the headline Till I clicked the…
Mobile phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Britain’s The Business newspaper reported yeterday. Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some…
In an article entitled Bravery, Blood & Lies writer Ralph Peters opines: “The media leaps to validate enemy lies that a “wedding party” was attacked. Not one voice in the media raised the possibility that terrorists willing to slaughter 3,000 civilians on…
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…
Rani is now all of 9 months old – extremely naughty and very intelligent. If i shut the door of my room she can open it from outside – I kid you not. She stands like a biped, uses her fore paws…
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…
IQARA is a broadband service provider that has its office just off the western express highway in Goregaon. It is owned by the British Gas group. Yesterday I had a meeting with them on providing content services. We asked them about the…
After 10 years of working for Zee TV – the first 9 in Zee Education and the last one in Zee TV – i finally quit to launch a start up – Cogito TV with three former colleagues. Cogitio TV is a…
This is a story of 3 women – two betis and a bahu. and it has all the ingridients of a daily soap from the ekta kapoor stable. The three characters are: Beti no. 1 – Sushma “Kaikeyi” Swaraj: a beautiful woman….