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I am Harini Calamur. I have been writing here since 2003.

The blog is called A PoV. It is exactly that, a point of view. Mine. On media, technology, India, politics, gender, culture, books, music, and whatever else is making me think or making me angry that week.

I have spent thirty years working at the intersection of media, technology, and audiences. Television, digital, film, education, science communication. I have built platforms, run divisions, made a Marathi feature film, taught Digital Citizenship at MICA and SPJIMR, and consulted on content strategy for organisations across sectors.

In March 2024 I had a brain stroke. I lost my words for a while. This blog was one of the things I came back to when I found them again.

I write because I think. Not the other way around.

Current work: content strategy and marketing communications – at SKC World, a conscious entrepreneurship practice. I also take on ghostwriting, content design, and platform development work across clients.

If you want to read more about what I do professionally, the LinkedIn profile is here. If you want to follow along on X, I am @calamur. If you want to work with me, write to calamur@gmail.com.

The judgmental hound is Cookie. She disapproves of most things.

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  4. Hi Harini, quite a profile. Interesting info on Tibet but boycotting Olympics would be quite an extreme knee jerk reactive which in turn might have a counter effect on the protesters. I feel China is holding its batton and not coming too hard on the protestors. If we boycott, the chinese will have nothing to lose and they’ll start a special pogrom then for the protestors.

    Right now we need to engage and slowly build the bridges.

    I noticed you in my bloglog widget. Thanks for checking out my site.

    -Tarun

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  5. hi Tarun
    thank you….
    I am not quite sure of that. The counter i have for that is South Africa and Apartheid…. at some level the international boycott helped in dismantling the regime….be it in terms of sport or in terms of economics…
    With China, I am not sure about building bridges… the most we can hope for is cordial neighborly behavior not friendship…. and, it gets a bit much if our ‘cordial neighbor’ occupies thousands of kms’ of our territories and their paid stooges (CPI-m) holds the country for ransom….
    I really don’t think that we will boycott the Olympics…the left won’t let us 🙂

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  7. Gargi – any memories around Filmistan Studio shooting with Mukesh Malik and having garam chai with the gang? Add one more monsoon song to your list ‘ Aate Jaate Khoobsoorat Aawara Sadko Pe’ from Anurodh. Rajesh Khanna describing his chance meeting with Simple Kapadia on radio….

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  9. Hi Harini,

    We’re organising a tweetup about the role of digital media in social change on Aug 28 in Mumbai. We’d like to have you on the discussion panel. Would you be able to attend?

    Rashmi Bansal, Mahafreed Irani, Netra Parikh, Harish Iyer, Priyanka Dalal and Satish Vijaykumar among others would be attending the event.

    Details: http://bit.ly/a0gQqx

    Warm regards,
    Jaago Re!
    http://twitter.com/JaagoRe

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  10. Hi
    We are writing to you on behalf of Yahoo! India. We came across your blog and would be keen to discuss a new online program!
    This is about a new micro blogging concept launched by Yahoo! India recently.
    The idea is to connect with you and get your perspective. We would like to send you a media kit for the same, which will include some swags and information collaterals.
    It would be great if you share with us your email address and number, so that we can contact you and share more details.
    Many Thanks
    Madhup Arora
    #9811579331

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  11. Hi Gargi,

    I’m from Bloggers’ Mind. We are a social media consultancy and Nokia India is one of the brands we work with.

    We are currently doing a campaign for Nokia’s newly launched device, the Nokia N8-00. N8-00 is a high end phone with terrific features including a 12 mega pixel camera with Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics, HDMI output, Hi Def video recording etc.

    We are holding a blogger activity for the same on the 30th of October in Mumbai. We would like to get in touch with you and invite you for the same. The activity will be informal in nature and will involve doing a task with other bloggers in a team.

    We would like to have your contact details to get in touch with you or you can reach me on +91 97119 64007.

    Regards,
    Aditya Vaidyanathan
    Bloggers’ Mind
    +91 97119 64007

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  12. I remember reading your blog regularly about two years back. For some reason I chanced upon it today. Must say that its really transformed for the better. Keep continuing those amazing posts.

    Aditya Swarup

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  13. silly question : how do you pronounce calamur? i don’t know marathi.

    Chalamur (like cha like chacha nehru) or Kalamur (like K in king)?

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  15. Hi,

    I believe you were in touch with Paul Albert who is making a short documentary film for Nokia. I am the India Producer for the film. Can you mail or text me your number so that we can be in touch directly and can discuss this in detail.

    I look forward to hearing from you…

    Best
    Anuj Singh
    +91 9871331236

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  17. Dropped around from nowhere but I like what I see here. Not sure whether you will like my reviews but I will definitely like to hang around. Good luck and God bless 🙂

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  18. Malaysia Rs 18 per litre
    In India it’s Rs 78 per litre

    Why this difference in Asia itself ? World Market CRUDE Oil is not the reason for this. It’s the Gain for private owners? As we are the general public, or Common Man as R.K.Laxman wud hv said, we have to raise our voice, let’s raise thru Emails, Facebook, BBM & messages!!.

    Forward this to all Indians who care.
    IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF PETROrL FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.

    AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.

    THEREFORE ” Thursday 31 MAY ” SHOULD BE DECLARED “STICK IT UP THEIR BEHIND ” DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF PETROL THAT DAY.

    THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.

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  19. Hello Harini,
    A privilege to address you by that name which i can’t in normal days as i happen to be your student in Kc ( KC – MACJ 2012)
    Its great to have you as a faculty member in our college …
    I have skimmed through your profile and wish to read it thoroughly at my leisure !!!

    Looking forward to a great year in college and outside -Neha Nadkarni, 🙂

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