Harini Calamur's Writings
I heard Nusrat in my teens – a set of classical music tapes that a friend from had. For long, I heard his qawwalis – without understanding too much of the language – neither my Urdu nor my Punjabi are much to…
My father, on the Anna Hazare Saga. My dad worked with the State Trading Corporation for a good part of his life. Childhood memories included being told not to use the phone – the Govt. paid for it – and sending back…
This from India Knowledge at Wharton – India’s Luxury Market: Unlocking Consumers’ Taste for the Finer Things India accounts for only 1% to 2% of the global luxury market, behind countries such as Brazil and Poland. And India is behind China on…
It is enchanting the way a taste, or a smell or a scene brings back memories of growing up…. A piping hot water bath with chandrika soap brings back memories of growing up in Vile Parle. We lived there till I went…
It has been raining non stop since last Thursday night in Mumbai. I haven’t ventured out of the house since Saturday, when i got home all soaked – after wading through god knows what …. It has, gotten worse or better. the…
And it is over. A show couldn’t have asked for a better season finale. Last night Parliament didn’t vote … Arnab gasped like a fish out of water ‘but, but, but.. they were supposed to vote‘ . Vote they didn’t. instead they…
Near my office, the place where most shop for grains and pulses. Hypercity and Spencer are on a parallel road. where a different India shops. A road away, a world of difference. there is a long post somewhere in this short blurb..
My column in today’s DNA The events unfolding in Delhi are fascinating. Battered by scam after scam, with some of its ministers in jail, a punch drunk UPA 2 looks like a shadow of a government. Its other ministers and spokespersons have…
So, I conducted a poll today. On Twitter. Didn’t set up an online poll because if I can buck the system and vote multiple times, so can anyone else. Therefore this was done the old fashioned way. I asked a simple question…
Went to hear Jayateerth Mevundi, a rising star of the Kirana Gharana, with Manisha Lakhe. Jayateerth Mevundi hails from Hubli-Dharwad, the land of great vocalists and maestros of Hindustani Classical Music. Pt. Sawai Gandharva, Bharat Ratna Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Dr.(Mrs.) Gangubai Hangal, Pt….