Harini Calamur's Writings
My column in the DNA on October 16th 2014 “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.” This…
My column in the DNA, earlier this week The Times of India’s stand is pretty much the same as that of khap panchayats – she was wearing revealing clothes, therefore she asked for it Last week, the Times of India, that claims…
My column for DNA last week Land Scam. Gas Scam. Spectrum Scam. Water Scam. Coal Scam. Forest Scam. Stamp Paper scam. CWG scam. Whatever the scam be, at the centre of it, is the ownership, control and distribution of scarce resources and…
I got myself a new camera. Been playing with it. There really hasn’t been time for focused photography. #OnlyinMumbai – can someone sit on stool on a busy alley and behave as though he was at home. My favorite trees in Lonavala…
My column in the dna, last week There are milestones and there are millstones. The former help you in terms of direction, the latter become a weight around your neck dragging you down. Often, the same event is both. And, a…
My column in the DNA, last fortnight Forty five years ago, the United States of America, did the unthinkable — it put a man, actually two men, on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went into the history books as the…
My column in yesterday’s DNA All events take place from the point of view of the observer. With every observer, the perspective is different; the angle with which they see an event is clouded by where they stand — both physically and…
Last week’s column for the DNA The horrors of child sex abuse can be offset by a few simple but essential measures There are many brutal things that one reads as a part of our news consumption – passenger airlines shot out…
There has been a fair amount of traffic on my twitter TL on an article that was taken down in the DNA . People have, rightly, asked for an explanation. Fact checking, misrepresentation of facts etc all good excuses/explanation to give when…
I have been missing the time to shoot. Film or Photos. Been really missing it. Feels like a part of me has been carved out. Also, been looking for a new camera – if that makes sense. And, the question i ask…