Harini Calamur's Writings
If one of the parameters’ of a “developed” nation is the level of spin its citizens’ are exposed to ….. then India has arrived. “India Shining” screams the BJP – spending my tax money on a comprehensive advertising campaign across all media….
MacDonalds’ has launched an anti obesity campaign. ROTFL What next? ITC will launch an anti smoking campaign?
The prize for the quote that made me laugh the most goes to George Bush. In a televised address to the US people he said: “It’s not a civil war. It’s not a popular uprising, They want to run us out of…
Began a client meeting at 6 p.m. today. got home at midnight. non stop script dissection. “How are you going to take this shot.” i guess “with a camera” would be the wrong answer. A straigth trolley moving in slowly. at 2.23…
Tassie came to us about a year ago – beaten up and sad – Tassie was an abandoned German Shepherd. Her previous owners – we think – dumped her far away from home and the street dogs perceived her as intruding on…
The state that has the highest per capita consumption of alcolhol is Gujarat. It is also the state that enforces prohibition. Sale of alcohol and its consumption are banned. And of course it is ruled by the religious right – the Modi…
Pic reference: New York Times The unthinkable has happened. Shia’s and Sunnis’ in Iraq have put behind them decade old divisions and come together to fight for independence. I never thought that I would see a full blown struggle for independence in…
I am a member of a network board – where an Indian described the Chinese Government as Chinks and the Japanese Government as Japs. Caused a bit of furore with some of the more politically correct bandwagon who descended on him and…
It is my conviction that my countrymen will truly gain their India by fighting against the education which teaches them that a country is greater than the ideals of humanity.” …..Rabindranath Tagore in ‘Nationalism’
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…