Harini Calamur's Writings
today a student submitted her culture and communiction essay. all key points were in sms. a) if i flunk her, i devalue the course. b) if i grade her with good marks the university will get its knickers in a twist. ah…
Today is the 30th death anniversary of Chilean Leader Salvador Allende – who was overthrown and murdered by General Pinochet Salvatore Allende was head of the minority government of Chile. He planned to usher “democratic socialism” in to the country – and…
There was a very interesting theory that was in vogue a few years ago. It was a theory that sometimes collective memory is based on false memories – or implanted memories. Examples given were 1) a whole spate of children who wrongly…
There is a new book written by the French Author Bernard Levy called “Who Killed Daniel Pearl”. His theory is that the ISI (Pakistani Secret Service) murdered him because he discovered the links between them and “Islamic” terrorists. (the reason why the…
I came across an old poem of Khalil Gibran – used to read him when i was a student. it was the in thing to do in those days. and then when i went into work, i kind of left all that…
was chatting with a friend of mine on IM last week. suddenly the “conversation” turned to what i was reading. I told him that i was reading Edward Said and “Culture and Imperialism”. My friend is a mathematicain – hadn’t come across…
All of last week, i contemplated a poem by Frost – The Road Not Taken. More a reflection of life and achievements, than any other reason. Did i gain anything by going down the path not taken. I always told people –…
The Heroes – Mumbaikars This must be the most remarkable place in the world. yesterday afternoon at around 1 pm. two bombs went off and killed 46, and injured 140. and there were rumours of serial bombs. the mobile network went down…
It was very interesting to see the power black out in the USA. a lot of people i know smirked. they now have an experience of being third world, they said. But i guess in a lot of ways, they already are….
A cultural hell is a place that has been designed by “creative” people for other “creative” people. where we will hear whiffs of “post modern” and “neo freudian” and “hegelian dialectic” and the adamsian paradox – but not much else. yesterday i…