Harini Calamur's Writings
It is that time of the year when i trudge down to the Mumbai University in Kalina to correct answer papers. It is not a task that fills mewith joy. The university buildings have been designed by the same school that designed…
When the judge says that a wife should be like Sita you can interpret it in many ways in the context of a modern marriage, and even a modern break up. the wife goes with her husband wherever he goes. The wife…
@pawandurani on twitter pointed me towards the story of Rinkle Kumari in Pakistan . I knew there was an issue vis-a-vis the rights of minorities across the board. I knew there were atrocities. but frankly, the occurrences across the border have not been in…
After almost 3.5 years I turned on my parents’ TV set today to watch Aamir Khan’s show Satyameva Jayate. I must confess upfront that i am not an Aamir fan – i find his films terribly self indulgent, I find his…
My column in today’s Lokmat Times. page 14 Hero, Hero on the Wall – which one of you is tall India. A land of myths and legends. Of heroes and their heroics. Of larger than life men who perform the most…
it is incredible the number of people who mix up unbiased and non partisan. possible to have biases without being partisan …no ? for example i am biased towards women’s rights or against loutish behaviour, does that mean i am also partisan…
Before I begin this post, a few of declarations : a) post 26/11 I believed, and still do, that some news channels should have lost their licenses because I believed that they put lives at risk b) post 26/11, my revulsion at…
If a boat capsizes in the North East (Assam to be precise) and no one hears of it, are there still casualties ? Hopes dimmed on Tuesday of finding more survivors after an overcrowded ferry split in two and sank in northeast…
My Column in Today’s DNA The last few months have seen social media set the agenda as far as main stream media, and even political parties are concerned. A whole bunch of dedicated cyber gureillas are fighting virtual wars on behalf of…
There are some movies that you leave the theatre after watching with a big gooey smile on your face. The Avengers is one of them. It is highly unlikely that you will remember anything of the film a week down the line, except that…