Harini Calamur's Writings
It is election time in Bihar, so the status quo will be maintained. But, i would like to see the entire panchayat stand trial for “accessory tothe crime” – and see them sentanced. This story from the ToI: The punishment for rape…
Happiness was writ large on Nitin’s face as he slipped into his wedding dress. In few hours from now, the girl of my dreams would be my wife, he thought. Little did he realise that the same girl, whom he had courted…
A story from the ToI about caste. Students in a school in Bihar refusing to eat mid-day meals cooked by Dalit Women. The incident occurred in the village of former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, a staunch socialist and champion of social…
The Day has arrived. And after an extensive search through Indian blogdom – this week’s Bharateeya Blog Mela is finally in place. Thank you for all those who nominated. And as usual, this task would have been chaotic without Bloglines. Announcements JK…
One of the saddest stories that I have read in a long time was the furore over singer Parvati Khan being prevented from singing at the sacred Jyotirlingas. The temple loves her music but not the fact that her husband is a…
Our poor and their poor are two different things. Everytime I fill out one of these online thingees that ask for annual income I compute my Indian income into dollars and check the correct amount – I don’t use purchasing power parity…
My current read is Karen Armstrong’s History of God . Theogony has always fascinated me. So has how Gods are born, grow unfashionable and then die out. . It is almost a peek back into society and figuring out how society evolved…
Sid from Patang.org has a great new social software in place. And unlike the rest which use fluffly terms like networking, and community – this actually does something tangible. It is a car pool for people who live in a geographical area….
How can a nation that cannot provide security for its own people, hope to restore democracy in Iraq and Afganistan? This is New Orleans blogger Maitri on the devastation: A few states kindly offer shelter, guards and other help, but this is…
I have been watching images on various news channels showing the devastation left behind by Katrina. I have been following Maitri’s blog on the more personalised aspect of surviving Katrina. And one thing struck me – however developed you may be, how…