Harini Calamur's Writings
The economies of the world are built on women’s unpaid work in the household and in the economy . It is time to redress this. I write for CNBC-TV18 Last fortnight, I had the opportunity to visit two villages, in Rajasthan and…
I write for CNBC-TV18 on the issues surrounding the 15th finance commission, and argue that the North really needs more funds, not less Do a quick Google search for the term “North-South” divide, and you will find that India is not the only…
Angkor Thom (Angkor: a derivative of the Sanksrit word Nagara or city; Thom: Great) – literally the Great City or the Big City – was at the peak of its glory almost a thousand years ago, and was the capital of the…
The Kailasanathar Temple (Lord of Kailasa) , is an awe inspiring temple complex in Kanchipuram, the Pallava Capital. Built in the classic Pallava architectural style, the temple is a carved out of massive sandstone. About 1400 years old (give or take a few…
I had storified these series of tweets 5 years ago. Now, with storify’s own future in peril, time to move it to my blog i believe we should declare the 13th of April to be the day of remembrance – a day…
Collateral on Netflix, is a taut tight thriller, that is at the intersection of three organisations linked to the murder of a pizza delivery boy in London. it is based around the frissions between important people in , what Marx would term,…
Kurma (the Tortoise) is the second avtaar of Lord Vishnu. The first being Matsya or the Fish. The first time you encounter Kurma avtaar is during the great cosmic ocean churn (Samudra Manthan), the great mount Mandara is being used as a…
I gave up watching TV news in 2008. In the aftermath of the coverage of the attacks on Mumbai, in the event that we call 26/11. There were a variety of reasons for me stopping watching news – the fact that news…
Gender and Indian Classical Music : An edited version of this appeared in the Indian Express as the “Songs they Sang, and the Songs they Didn’t” Jalsaghar is the National Award winning Satyajit Ray film, that tells the story of one man…
It began as one of those really lovely twitter chats. A conversation about music. About love. About friendship. And, before i know it, i was looking at music that is about an all consuming/consuming love for Agents of Ishq There is lust….