Harini Calamur's Writings
There are things that you can live down, and there are things that you can’t. Our esteemed censor board chairperson, Sharmila Tagore’s comment on the XXX Flavoured Condoms ad: "The campaign is not in good taste" gives a whole new twist to…
The last ten days have been fairly good for justice in India First is the landmark law – the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 – that prevents abuse of women within a household – this includes mental torture, physical…
The view the verandah the location : nagargaon (lonavala) a home of my own – with its own little garden patch and a view that takes the woes away. Suddenly, i feel very tethered – a loan, a home….
…by our esteemed Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has held that unlike the charge of attempt to murder, the Indian Penal Code does not recognise the charge of attempt to rape. Rape is said to have been committed only if a man…
Tellychakkar profiling Parakh Madan – the lead of [tag]Star One[/tag]’s new show [tag]Saathi Re[/tag] , “I play a girl next door- simple, calm, mature and docile who belongs to a Gujarati family. She’s an ideal take-home bahu who respects her family. She…
There are few days in Mumbai like this, when the skies are blue and cloudless – and the suns shimmers through (as opposed to blazes down) on us. Today was one such day. Great Day and a great full moon And this…
I photograph a lot while commuting – anything that catches my eye. Here are some from the daily commute children playing on the street. My car was stuck at the signal and these were like a few feet away. And they seemed…
Saturday, Ganesh Temple, Prabhadevi – on route to college. That day we were favoured with blue skies – haven’t seen blue in the sky for so long. Today is the start of Ganpati – a 9 day long festivity dedicated to the…
…. being stuck between Andheri (West) and Andheri (E) for an hour in a rickshaw that is playing back to back remixed Himesh Reshamiya. Heller (as a superlative of hell) is not being able to get “O meri Zora Zabeen…”, as sung…
So we can watch U & U/A, but not A, on our Television sets. Hurrah!!! The Ax(e) has fallen on the next quarters revenue targets for movie channels across the board. While everyone is mourning the loss of "Freedom of Expression" let…