Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in FPJ on 31st July 2023 There is a war between two of the richest men on the planet, both of whom want to control our hearts, minds, and attention with social media. Mark Zuckerberg has gone on record calling…
Layoffs are a part of life – it doesn’t matter if you are in a Capitalist setup, a communist setup, or some combination of the two. There is a point beyond which it is not feasible to keep employees on the payroll,…
This appeared in the FPJ Earlier this week, leading advertisers in the United States of America, did the unthinkable. In the face of mounting criticism about the role of social media, in general, and Facebook in particular, in spreading fake news and…
A few days ago Donald Trump, the President of the United States tweeted, as he usually does But, what was unusual was that twitter slapped a fact check label on this, that derailed the not very stable President of the US. He…
This piece on Twitter banning Political Ads appeared on the 7th of November Last week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will not carry any paid political ads. He tweeted “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on…
I write about the face off between Twitter and the Indian Parliament for CNBC – TV18 At the core of the stand-off between the Indian Parliament’s standing committee on Information technology and Twitter is the perception by the Indian right wing that…
Years from now, a child will ask – what started the 3rd world war? and, grandmother would answer- an idiot on twitter North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will…
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…
Tata Nano, Trump, Twitter, Brain Implants, UP Elections – are all part of today’s reading recommendations The Quint takes a closer look at the UP Elections, apparently the MSM reported it wrong – if BJP Won 184 Seats, Why Did TV…
Let me start Monday reading on a light note. Something i can confirm because of empirical evidence (this is the third dog i am bringing up) — Do Animals Fart? . If you want to lose weight, maybe you should give…