Harini Calamur's Writings
January Second, at about 5 a.m. on a cold desert’s winter morning, we drove down from [tag]Jaipur [/tag]to Pushkar. It was my unlce’s 7th death anniversary, and my aunt wanted to offer prayers for his soul. The predominant colours along the journey…
With defenders like this, Islam does not need any enemies! The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organisation of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a web forum saying the pontiff and the west were “doomed”….
I have been following Pope Benedict utterances on Islam in various media. His seeming endorsement of the view that Islam spread through the sword, had some of us across the world choking with anger, many of us choking with the sheer embarrassment…
This series is about the disappearance of something – religious faith. Its the story of what is often referred to as athiesm – the history of the growing convinction that God does not exist…. Thus begins the 3 part BBC series –…
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…
If a Muslim Nutcase can put a price of 51 crores on the Danish cartoonist, can the Hindu nuts be far behind? The Hindu Personal Law Board (wtf is that ) has put a price of Rs.51 crores on M.F.Hussain’s head. three…
Hello and welcome to the first edition of BlogMela this year. And the year has gotten off to a great start. Some great writing in various categories from Desi Blogdom. Here goes. Arts and Entertainment Srican has an account of the nature…
Over a century ago, French sociologist Emile Durkheim undertook research on why individuals in cities tend to commit suicide more frequently than those who liked in closely knit rural societies. The answer was Anomie– the sense of dispossession. He said anomie exists…
I am getting repetitive on this blog. Every 10 days or so I come across a flurry of articles – bloglines that way is very good – on violence against women. I come across articles almost on a daily basis – but…
A few months ago AP began the trend of reserving jobs for Muslims on the grounds that the community was ‘backward’. Now the RJD and the Congress in Bihar have made a similar promise. There is something fundamentally wrong, if in a…