Harini Calamur's Writings
This piece on Maharashtra politics appeared on the 27th of November If you have been in outer space the last few weeks, you probably missed the best live political drama on earth, right now. Thrown into the entertainment mix were sulking scions,…
The BJP Manifesto, in CNBC TV18 It is election season and therefore manifesto season. This is the time, once in five years, that political parties demonstrate their vision for the country, and ask us for votes on the basis this vision. The…
The semi finals are over, and the results are out. The BJP has lost 3-0 in the Hindi heartland, defeated in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan. And, where you have a loser, you have a winner. The grand old…
The Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Gandhi, in written response to a question on Marital Rape, in Parliament last week, “It is considered that the concept of marital rape, as understood internationally, cannot be suitably applied in the Indian context due to various…
Looking back at 2014Â – in @Dna Tectonic political shifts, space exploration and global terrorism mark the year Getty Images Even before it began, 2014 had a special place in history. It is the 100th year after the war to end all wars,…
An edited version of this appeared in the DNA last week – And, we have a brand new Government of India, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).  This is a Government that has the undisputed mandate…
My column, in last week’s DNA In the last three days there have been two instances of suppression of expression due to ‘hurt’ sentiments and political beliefs. The first was the independent publisher Navayana that is focused on literary works based on…
The Amul Advertisement The question is, are they ? worthy that is… not in my opinion. they represent the worst of all other Parties in India, the corrupt brazenness of the Congress, the willingness to take to the streets and disrupt like…
Yesterday, Parliament didn’t work for the 20th day in a row. It was disrupted from doing any business. I almost expect the headlines, in the next few days to say — “today MP’s did work” …. What does that mean – that…
So, it is over. And, the Congress is the single largest party and how 🙂 I can’t stop smiling. What is incredible, is the maturity of the Indian voter. They saw saw through all the crap, the political cynicism, the power grabbing…