Harini Calamur's Writings
Because of only one man, and that man is Dr.Manmohan Singh Elections 2009 is not about televised debates, it is not about grandstanding, it is not about security, and it is not about black money. It is a level playing field for…
HyperActiveX – came up with that title on a conversatin thread on FB. And, this was in context of Mr.Advani – the leader of the BJP – who has decided to use the net to reach out to audiences that extensively use…
Today is the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition…… it is also the anniversary of a particularly unpleasant personal failure, that was ignited by the demolition…. I was a student in London when the Mosque came down with a whole bunch of…
[tag]Narendra Modi[/tag] has done it again…….This is his latest gem: In a recent book written by him and published by the state information department Modi says, “Scavenging must have been a spiritual experience for the Valmiki casteâ€. The book titled Karmayog is…
It is not often that one gets the chance to praise the Central Government. This is one of the rare times, and the reason is their conduct on the [tag]Tasleema Nasreen[/tag] issue. This is the Government position : “The right to grant…
George Fernandes, ‘honourable’ minister for Defence in the NDA administration claims that he was prevented from investigating Bofors by the then PM, Atal Behari Vajpayee. Now he tells us that it was a joke He did ask me not to rake up…
There is something very disturbing about media houses falling over each other to sanitize the image of [tag]Rahul Mahajan[/tag]. For someone who indulged in an orgy of excesses, with his father’s urn lying in the next room, and who ended up in…
Assume that there are two brothers in the West (UK or US) called Peter & Paul Matthews. Peter is a Politician & Paul is a builder. One bright and chirpy Sunday morning in suberbia – Paul shoots Peter dead. In three days…
I would be lying if I said that i admired or respected Pramod Mahajan’s Politics. He represented the worst possible amalgamation of the religious right mixed with corporate smarminess. But, my heart goes out to a family that has to cope with…
… goes to L.K.Advani – for stating that the BJP was going through a bad patch. Fatricidal warfare that would embarass the Congress (not to mention the Kauravas and Pandavas), Half a dozen MP’s caught on tape taking bribes, a sex scandal,…