Harini Calamur's Writings
The elections for Local Self Government, IMHO, is possibly the elections that has the most impact on our everyday life. The elected represented is responsible and accountable for a lot of things from good roads, to water supply, to public schooling in the ward,…
Dear M.J.Akbar you are one of the most erudite, well-informed, knowledgeable, well read people in Indian journalism. So how does a magazine that you edit, put out stuff like this you need to tell whoever wrote that headline that all Christians are not…
Someone has either a fantastic sense of humour or oversight 😀 am so glad that i have given up watching news TV – what verbal diarrhoea, what speculation, and what fiction… and, this isn’t an anti -NDTV rant. in fact it was…
If you belonged to a certain generation, as I do, this was possibly the song you danced to, in college. British Band ‘Right Said Fred’ having a bit of fun with “I am too sexy” … Someone at the Times of India…
My column appeared in the DNA on Republic Day rather appropriately (it usually appears on a Monday) :D. It deals with the issue of reasonable restrictions on free speech & the 1st amendment to the Indian Consititution that possibly needs to be…
Ok. I am in Davos, where temperatures are sub zero, the world is covered with layers of snow and you can feel your teeth and eye lashes freeze. I am actually sure that my hair is frozen (yes, i know hair cannot…
Times of India has linked back to this blog. in a section called ‘women molested’ *face palm* and, it links back to this page on the ToI Website I must appreciate the Time’s of India’s ability to get all searchers…
But thats become the big question thats derailed the bills progress in the House. Congressmen and women have tacitly admitted that they dont understand how the Internet works, and Internet experts have argued that the nations lawmakers dont understand how the Hollywood-supported…
I was so inspired by all those who wanted to ‘save’ women by ‘covering them up’ that I decided to apply that logic to other issues. The result is today’s DNA column. Open any newspaper and you will see small news items…
my piece in the latest Pragati King Trishanku of the Ikshvaku (Solar) dynasty was a fascinating personality. An ancestor of King Ram, King Trishanku had a reputation of being a fair and just monarch. Like all good monarchs of that time, a…