Harini Calamur's Writings
It rained today. All day. Heavy uninterrupted rains. Almost like the skies were weeping for Mumbai and her dead. I almost didn’t feel like going into work. The blasts yesterday. The rains today. The overwhelming feeling was that of despondency. Plus i…
I was at JKD’s place. A visit long pending – she had fallen down a month ago. hurt her knee very badly. Ended up getting operated. We were generally chatting and catching up on films, life and other things when the call…
When one sees Mumbai, there is the chorme and glass buildings that dot the skyline. The rush and the bustle. The tremendous density of population and the incessant honking of horns. but look beyond that, and there is a lot of beauty…
This from last year’s blog post , and they say that change is the only constant ! November has been an eventful month in terms of remembrances. So much so that i have forgotten half the things that we are supposed to…
Last Saturday, Nokia India teamed up 3 tech bloggers – Aditya Singhvi, Kunal Gangar, and Nikhil Pai – and 3 non-tech bloggers – Deepak , Tarun Chandel and yours truly – and let us loose in Mumbai with the Nokia N8 –…
I have had a mobile phone from the time I got locked out of my building by a sleeping watchman after a late night edit- almost 15 years ago. In those days phones used to weigh a ton, cost Rs.16 for outgoing,…
…. this morning. It was a normal Friday morning. Got up bright and early to get to college. Finished lectures. Began driving from Sophia College to Bandra. Just as soon as you get out of the main gate at Sophia, you drive…
One of the things that I do love about the monsoons, is the way my little window garden comes alive … I do love shooting raindrops … here is one I shot last year (or was it year before), from inside the…
The kind of stuff that makes you choke over your breakfast. This from the world’s most read English Language Newspaper.
A frame filled with History On the right is the “Gateway of India” – built to welcome King George the V – at the height of power of the British Raj. It also marked the point from which the last British troops…