Harini Calamur's Writings
Just when you thought that: the Government can’t get stupider, they go and prove you wrong. Why would anyone in their right mind arrest Anna Hazare? the Parliament was useless, you hear brilliant debates. Arun Jaitley was fantastic. was telling someone form ULL…
List of things I hate, in no particular order : Bad Music on Loudspeakers. especially bad religious music Bad Drivers who cut lanes, use high beam blinding other drivers, drivers who don’t follow signals People who send me mails like this –…
This morning Shammi Kapoor passed away. My father was a huge fan of the actor. We grew up with music from his films. Later on when we got a Television – some time in 1985 – watching his films on Doordarshan became…
Just one wave, and the footprints will be gone… Two waves down and all traces of the footprints will be erased… Time … it erases most things … collective memory, wisdom, culture, languages, relgions. I wonder how many forgotten ‘gods’ there…
Interesting. This in the Guardian In the aftermath of this week’s riots, a 23-year-old student with no previous convictions was jailed for the maximum permitted six months after pleading guilty to stealing bottles of water worth £3.50 from Lidl in Brixton. Two…
Today I heard a singer, who touched my soul. My heart blossomed in happiness – I could actually feel it – and I had this gooey smile plastered on my face when he finished singing. I was searching for some variations of…
Finally got to watch Singham Just the kind of movie that doesn’t tax your brain. which holds your attention for the two odd hours that it runs. Singham – after Wanted and Dabangg – is a back to basics film. Totally Desi….
My column in today’s DNA: Most of us incur debt in our everyday lives. Buying goods on a credit card is undertaking debt. Buying a house with a loan is debt. So is buying a car. Taking a loan from a bank…
There is no special reason for this post – no birthday or death anniversary, except that a person I know and respect greatly asked me for one on Madan Mohan. And since, I do love Hindi music, and love the music of…