Harini Calamur's Writings
TDSS funds four projects and over 50 scholarship holders in this region. The four projects are: a) The Maharashtra Samaj Unnati Mandal (MSUM) -the social upliftment forum of Maharashtra – implemented Self Reliance Programme for widows and destitute women. This is the…
The term Dalit – means “a broken people” – a term used by the people labelled “untouchable” for centuries. Traditionally the Dalits were beyond the Hindu caste system – living in the outskirts of villages and performing a whole host of manual…
… TDSS – Training and Development Scholarship Society – a Catholic charity based in the Indian city of Pune does a fair amount of work in Dalit and Tribal areas in Marathwada. It is a 3 member office with one head –…
10 hours from Pune by ST (State Transport) Bus, is the town of Udgir. Like most small towns in Rural Maharashtra – Udgir is dominated by a giant Shivaji Statue in the centre of town. This is a town where the top…
Cogito TV – my company – has just been commissioned a documentary film. I will be out filming in remote districts of Maharashtra. I take off on Monday to the back fo beyond and am thrilled to bits. The documentary is on…
After 10 years of working for Zee TV – the first 9 in Zee Education and the last one in Zee TV – i finally quit to launch a start up – Cogito TV with three former colleagues. Cogitio TV is a…
I have just completed a report for a client on the state of commercial television broadcasting and the possible way ahead. The last 10 days have been spent revisiting territory that i haven’t seen in a long time. I think that the…
Cogito TV, my company, moved into an office about a fortnight ago. Our first office after a fairly nomadic existence between my home, various coffee shops around Mumbai and my partners’ homes. The new office is a flat in a brand new…
Just finished our first major assignment for a to be launched channel. Our first major success since starting up this March. When i quite a well paying job to start my own company – there was shock among my friends. “you are…
We were shooting a kids cradle. And obviously for that you need to shoot with kids. three to nine month old kids. There is an artist agent we worked with called Ketan Bhai, who had an assistant called Mohammed. Both of them…