Harini Calamur's Writings
t has been raining non stop since last night. down pour after down pour. I wonder how many rain laden clouds there are in this vicinity. I went in for my lecture all the way to Pedder Road – Sophia College –…
Just when it seemed that the rains will fail in Mumbai, it rained. And how. The last 6 days have been almost non stop rain. And this wasn’t the drizzle sort of rain, but the full bodied down pour that washed Mumbai…
The monsoons began last night in Mumbai. Full ishtyle. Non stop rains since about 9 pm. 16 or so hours later it seems like Mumbai has received a much needed wash. The only problem is that Rani is terribly confused. All her…
One of the givens of living in Mumbai is during monsoons – commuting will take up to three times as much time – because most of the arterial roads dissolve. what is left is rubble, potholes and pain. Yesterday when we were…
IQARA is a broadband service provider that has its office just off the western express highway in Goregaon. It is owned by the British Gas group. Yesterday I had a meeting with them on providing content services. We asked them about the…
In Mumbai you would often find roads that have trees bang in the middle – as is the case on the road where I stay. But, traffic is ever adaptible. They simply leave the tree be, and move on either side of…
Every so often, I come across a piece of moral posturing that makes me sit down, hold my ribs and have a hearty laugh. The latest one in a long line of hypocritical musings is from the advertising fraternity. A joint study…
The Heroes – Mumbaikars This must be the most remarkable place in the world. yesterday afternoon at around 1 pm. two bombs went off and killed 46, and injured 140. and there were rumours of serial bombs. the mobile network went down…