Harini Calamur's Writings
I wrote this after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, for the FPJ, on 30th August 2021 On the 15th of August 2021, as India marked its 74th Independence Day, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Like the British Empire almost 75 years ago,…
I write for the FPJ on the 28th of December, on the ways in which the economies of the world were changed forever. “On 31 December 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia unknown etiology (unknown cause)…
This appeared in CNBC TV18 on the 20th of February 2019 The latest public health scare to hit the world is the COVID 19 – Corona Virus. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were over 73,000 reported cases of COVID…
This was published on October 11th President Xi of China, and Prime Minister Modi of India are all set to meet again, in the second set of informal talks between the leaders of the two nations. The first was held in the…
Today’s Recommended readings #2611, An Insignificant Man, Chinese Economy, Nazis, Fish Raghu Raman writes on why large nations lose small wars. I remember a friend telling me, when the terrorists were holed up in the Taj and shooting people – “their recruitment…
In Today’s Recommended Reads – China’s EV policy, Cow Protection, Motherhood, Agenda Setting As India moves towards Electric Vehicles, China seems to be putting brakes on the massive subsidies given to them. China has been for long subsidising EV’s, and i think…
Chinese Government relaxes the One Child policy. Presumably to prevent extinction within the next 4 generations.
He thought she was a warmonger; she thought he was helping along a genocide. Bass, Gary J. (2013-10-01). The Blood Telegram (Kindle Location 5592). . Kindle Edition. (Gary Bass on the relationship between President Nixon and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi) Among the…
… doesn't seem as simple as it was in early days. There is something about non violent protest and the power of a mighty state brought to bear against these protesters that seems to have got people who don't even know where…
My new hero is Baichung Bhutia and I don't even follow football. To stand up for what you believe in, and state that belief in a non violent and dignified manner is the basis on which [tag]India[/tag] fought for her Independence. To…