Harini Calamur's Writings
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…
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…
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…
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…
Last night millions of homes in Mumbai had their first conversation in ages. The reason, television channels were blanked out by cable operators. The reason, Cable operators were protesting against police raids following a High Court Order in December to restrain cable…
Hot on the heels of people turning up in thousands to drink the sea water (turned sweet) at Mahim creek, comes the story of a whole bunch of temples in MP having idols that turned into milk guzzlers. What was a fairly…
I am ambivalent about the death penalty. I belive that it should exist on the statute books but used very sparingly, by the book, following the rule of law etal. But this is the rational me. When i read articles like this,…
In another world, another time, this could be a name for a cola variant in MAD magazine. Unfortunately, in our world it is a term that is used to describe colas with large doses of pesticide. Naturally the reaction to it is…
I think that the Government has hit the nail on the head in asking religious leaders to intercede in stemming [tag]female foeticide[/tag]. The union ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has written to Sri Sri Ravishankar, Mata Amritanandmayi, Dinkar, Asaram Bapu…