Harini Calamur's Writings
was at a client meeting the other day discussing a script that has to be on the floor next week. My counterparts’ Reliance phone rang – like most people in the industry he carries around a WLL and a GSM service. He…
Peta has decided to run a campaign that likens non-vegetarians to Nazi’s, and animals led to slaughter, to Jewish people. gross. and vile. I am almost tempted to take up eating meat to counter this kind of shock advertising. and i am…
My two bachhas’ – my kid brother Jayadev (15 years younger than me:) and rani the dog in our life having an intense discussion about life, the universe and everything else
I have just completed a report for a client on the state of commercial television broadcasting and the possible way ahead. The last 10 days have been spent revisiting territory that i haven’t seen in a long time. I think that the…
Every so often, I come across a piece of moral posturing that makes me sit down, hold my ribs and have a hearty laugh. The latest one in a long line of hypocritical musings is from the advertising fraternity. A joint study…
Well the festival of colours is over. parking lots are discoloured and there is enough dye on people’s faces to service a textile plant. my least fav. festival. but one i always have observed – by taking the day off. Too scared…
Maturity begins when we’re content to feel we’re right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.” -*Sydney J. Harris {1917-1986 American Journalist & Author}
Cogito TV, my company, moved into an office about a fortnight ago. Our first office after a fairly nomadic existence between my home, various coffee shops around Mumbai and my partners’ homes. The new office is a flat in a brand new…
The joys of a global world. sitting in Mumbai, using my Indian credit card, purchased a camera from Amazon in the US. got it deliverd to my brothers’ home in Washington. and brought it with him during a recent visit. The Minolta…