Harini Calamur's Writings
There is a humanitarian crisis unfolding in front of our eyes, and yet despite story after story that hits our screens, there seems to be nothing that seems to be abating the anguish and heartbreak of those walking home from the cities…
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…
Narendra Modi, the WTO Impasse, Twitter’s new Tweetstorm Feature, India’s response on Jerusalem, and more in today’s recommended reads When i was growing up, the foreign hand was everywhere. Planning strikes, terror attacks, destabilisation, population explosion, you name it – the…
Recommended readings today include Rahul Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Smriti Irani, Conflict, Trump. Rahul Gandhi becomes the 4th member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to become President of the Indian National Congress. The Print has a piece on the last three years, and the…
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,…
My column in the dna, last week There are milestones and there are millstones. The former help you in terms of direction, the latter become a weight around your neck dragging you down. Often, the same event is both. And, a…
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…
And, my column last week for the DNA – on the UPA retrospective Ever been to a theatre to watch a film that on paper sounded fabulous — great director, good casting, top-of-the-line banner, great promos? But when you get inside the…
Today is the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition…… it is also the anniversary of a particularly unpleasant personal failure, that was ignited by the demolition…. I was a student in London when the Mosque came down with a whole bunch of…