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    Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

    October 29, 2022 by calamur
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    Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

    January 8, 2022 by calamur
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    Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

    January 2, 2021 by calamur
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    Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

    April 18, 2020 by calamur
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    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

    January 25, 2020 by calamur
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    On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

    January 12, 2020 by calamur
  • Natasha Mehra Must Die
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    Book Review : Natasha Mehra Must Die by Anand Sivakumaran

    January 3, 2019 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review : The Internet Trap – How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy

    November 22, 2018 by calamur
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    Book Review : India Connected

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Month: April 2012

Articles 

Cyber guerrillas and the virtual wars they fight

April 30, 2012 by

My Column in Today’s DNA The last few months  have seen social media set the agenda as far as main stream media, and even political parties are concerned. A whole bunch of dedicated cyber gureillas are fighting virtual wars on behalf of…

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Media Reviews 

Avengers – a sort of review

April 29, 2012 by

There are some movies that you leave the theatre after watching with a big gooey smile on your face. The Avengers is one of them. It is highly unlikely that you will remember anything of the film a week down the line, except that…

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And Finally ... Books Digital 

Murder in Mumbai – K.D.Calamur

April 24, 2012 by

  My brother, Krishnadev Calamur’s novel– to be published on July 17th 2012 we are, naturally, very chuffed 😀

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Economics and Society India Politics Society 

Food or Missiles ? Day or Night ? Here or There ? Read or Sleep ? and other choices :D

April 24, 2012 by

As a kid the mother used to have issues with me eating healthy stuff. (she claims she still does). For mom, healthy food included beetroot curry (ugh), carrot sambhar (double ugh), and some equally horrendous concoctions. Needless to say i used to…

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The Didi in her Idiocracy
elections India Politics 

The Didi in her Idiocracy

April 24, 2012 by

…with all due respects to Marquez. 😀 Decline and fall of civilisation can be seen best in West Bengal. In 200 years you move froma Raja Ram Mohan Roy driven enlightenment to Mamata Banerjee driven idiocracy. From arresting cartoonists, to painting the…

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On RTE – DNA Column
Articles Development India 

On RTE – DNA Column

April 24, 2012 by calamur

My column in today’s DNA The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, known simply as the RTE, came a century after Gopal Krishna Gokhale made an impassioned plea to the Imperial Legislative Council for introducing Free and Compulsory…

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Caste elections India 

On caste & Rahul Gandhi

April 14, 2012 by

The Times of India, today, quotes a report which claims that Rahul Gandhi said that he was a Brahmin. While it can be argued that since he enjoys a special kind of family based reservation that is dependent on birth not merit,…

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Mumbai Mumbai First 

Disappearing Open Spaces in Mumbai – what can You do :D

April 12, 2012 by

That Mumbai’s open spaces are under threat is no secret. slowly but surely playgrounds, parks, maidans have all made way for concrete & steel buildings, shanties, garages, small businesses and large, giant parking lots, dumping grounds. Near my house in Andheri (E)…

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And Finally ... Diary Photographs 

The Calamurs

April 11, 2012 by

  My grandfather (dada) Calamur Mahadevan (1901 – 1962) – geologist, scientist, nationalist, feminist, father, husband, friend, teacher. Prinicipal at Andhra University. A man who educated his wife after their marriage, and insisted that she go out and work with the less…

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Economics and Society India Society 

Guest Post – Shubhashish on “Why is it a contempt to disagree with the Supreme Court?”

April 9, 2012 by

Shubhashish asks some tough questions on how the tareeq pe tareeq mode of functioning in courts is eroding & corroding sectors. This is cross posted on his blog. and it has been reposted here without a single correction of a comma, a…

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Harini Calamur –  works at the intersection of digital content, technology, and audiences. I write mainly on Economics, Development, Politics, Media bias, Science Communication, and review the content that I consume

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