Harini Calamur's Writings
It is not often that one gets the chance to praise the Central Government. This is one of the rare times, and the reason is their conduct on the [tag]Tasleema Nasreen[/tag] issue. This is the Government position : “The right to grant…
This from CNN-IBN: Many refugees of Nandigram have confirmed that they had been brutally raped. Fear looms large in her eyes, the fear of [tag]CPI-M[/tag] cadres. Forty-year-old Akreja Biwi doesn’t want to go back home anymore. Last Sunday, as the CPI-M recaptured…
Project Censored has a list of the top 25 censored stories of 2007. This is obviously in the USA. And here censorship does not necessarily mean reports or reportage that the Government bans in a ham handed manner. Oh, those will get…
You must have been on moon not to have not heard and be struck by [tag]Tehelka[/tag]’s expose on the Gujarat riots, in the words of the men who committed murder, rape, and carnage. THERE WAS no spontaneity to what happened in Gujarat…
The NYT has an excellent op-ed on corruption. Specifically, corruption in the context of the Iraq war. Called Suicide is Not Painless (a kind of hat tip to MASH whose theme music was "Suicide is Painless"). It starts with the suicide of…
… kind of describes our politicians well, and it describes people of all political persuasion. This from CNN-IBN "Rahul-Rajiv, Rajiv-Feroz. Until there it’s okay, but then what after that? These Congressmen who abuse Narendra Modi, show us your roots. You are the…
says the NYT: Without nepotism, Hillary would be running for the president of Vassar. But then, without nepotism, W. would be pumping gas in Midland — and not out of the ground. i wounder where our leaders would be. [tag]Sonia Gandhi[/tag] would…
From today’s Express: A BJP MP from Gujarat was on Wednesday detained at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi for allegedly misusing his wife’s passport by taking another woman.Babubhai Katara, who represents Dahod in the Lok Sabha, was detained by…
India is perceived as the 5th most corrupt nation in Asia, accoring to a survey. I am sure that the political and business class is making serious attempts to ensure that we are top of the list.
George Fernandes, ‘honourable’ minister for Defence in the NDA administration claims that he was prevented from investigating Bofors by the then PM, Atal Behari Vajpayee. Now he tells us that it was a joke He did ask me not to rake up…