Harini Calamur's Writings
My last week’s post on the Tehelka blog platform, on the anniversary of 26/11 40 years ago, the Federal Republic of Germany hosted the Munich Olympics. Athletes and sportsmen from all over had come to represent their Nations and win glory for…
My column in today’s DNA The UK is in the throes of a major scandal involving a child sex abuse ring and the attempts of the establishment to cover it up for over four decades. At the centre of the ring is…
from this week i begin blogging on Tehelkablog …. the first of these is on the social media war between the Hamas and the Israel Defense Force (IDF) The Middle East crisis is as old as history. Different people, different kingdoms, different…
Our film Jhing Chik Jhing plays at the National Archives in Pune, a part of the Reflections retrospective that looks at marginalised kids world over
My column in today’s DNA Dominant narrative is a set of values, practises and norms that most in that society believe to be true and important. It is ideology that shapes the telling of history, the creation of heroes, and the…
(image courtesy – youth ki awaaz) …of reasonable, peaceful protest. Irom Sharmilla. it is shameful that a government that talks to terrorists, naxals, anarchists, nations that sponsor terrorism – will not talk to a lone woman fasting peacefully for the right to equality –yes,…
A long time ago, just about when i turned 10 – treats were comics. Dad would, twice a month, bring home Amar Chitra Katha comics. You must remember that this was a time when the main source of entertainment was radio. TV…
My column in today’s DNA Trial by media: Kejriwal is simply on a witch-hunt Madame Defarge is one of the most terrifying characters in modern English fiction. She makes her appearance in A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens’ novel on the…
Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, IBN 18 network, had a column that talks about the anger against the ‘leaders’ and their families. He notes the only (or maybe one of the few) exception to the rule More equal than us: Why netas face the…