Harini Calamur's Writings
I have begun thinking about loss and grief, and coping with grief, a lot in the last one year. Also, about acceptance, and coming to terms with grief. It isn’t that one doesn’t misses the person who is gone (in my case,…
I can’t remember if I saw, the original Jungle Book on television, or in the cinema hall. But, i remember watching it the first time, with complete delight. I loved the characters – Bagheera, the panther who is Mowgli‘s guardian angel in…
I don’t wear my religion on my sleeve. it is deeply personal, and a source of spiritual solace. I usually don’t take offence at stuff spoken or said on Hindu Gods, simply because they are Gods, they can take care of themselves…
Three months after the Pathankot terror attack forced postponement of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, Islamabad’s envoy Abdul Basit Thursday said the comprehensive bilateral dialogue process has been “suspended”. He also said “cooperation” is key to the investigation, and not…
Before Monday, I like most of the human beings on the planet, had not heard of Mossack Fonseca, a law firm based out of Panama, that makes the Firm in John Grisham’s novel, seem like a cuddly toy. Mossack Fonseca was very discerning…
Whenever i feel slightly lost, and tossed about by the stormy winds of life, i listen to this. As much a song as a plea. get my boat back to safety … sort of. more on the Benaras boatman series here Somehow…
Yatra has fun with it’s new TVC Which also means, while they may gently mock him, Kanhaiya Kumar is now a celebrity, on whose celeb power ads are getting made. There is no such thing as bad publicity. My favorite quote on…
As i was reading this piece on Pachauri, i could feel the smoke coming out of my ears. What kind of an idiot commissions such a one sided piece, and shames the victim of sexual harassment ? Pachauri, who is accused of…
All in all, it wasn’t quite as bad as the critics made it out to be. Definitely worth a watch on the big screen. The film is set some 20 years after Batman first picks up his cape and cowl. Batman/Bruce…
Three very good reads at the cusp of content and technology. I quite enjoyed reading them. Don’t Try to Be a Publisher and a Platform at the Same Time – a beautifully insightful piece from HBR. it just cleared up a lot…