Harini Calamur's Writings
My column in yesterday’s DNA All events take place from the point of view of the observer. With every observer, the perspective is different; the angle with which they see an event is clouded by where they stand — both physically and…
An edited version of this appeared in the DNA last week What differentiates our species from the rest of the animal kingdom is, not just the use of words, sentences, grammar and syntax for communication, but also the way these…
An edited version of this appeared in today’s dna Until a few weeks ago, most of us had a barely passing familiarity with Baduan in Uttar Pradesh. Around 200 kms and less than a 4 hour drive from the national capital, Delhi…
An edited version of this appeared in the DNA last week – And, we have a brand new Government of India, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is a Government that has the undisputed mandate…
My column, in last week’s DNA In the last three days there have been two instances of suppression of expression due to ‘hurt’ sentiments and political beliefs. The first was the independent publisher Navayana that is focused on literary works based on…
And, my column last week for the DNA – on the UPA retrospective Ever been to a theatre to watch a film that on paper sounded fabulous — great director, good casting, top-of-the-line banner, great promos? But when you get inside the…
My column in the DNA on January 31st “The Medium is the Message” declared Marshall McLuhan, a phrase that has become the most misinterpreted phrase in the short history of mass media. What McLuhan talked about was far deeper than mistaking your…
My column in DNA on 23rd January On Tuesday evening, the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, ended one more high-pitched protest. At the end of it, two police officers were sent on leave, pending judicial investigation. The seeds of the drama…
My column in the DNA on 9th January 2014 I joined the media in the mid-Nineties. The television industry was new, budgets were low and we all did everything — we wrote, directed, edited, ran about to find costumes, painted sets on…
My column in the DNA on 26th December 2013 And one more year comes to a close. As the years pass, it seems like each year is ending more rapidly than the previous one, jam-packed with events that come like a barrage…