Harini Calamur's Writings
The report released by the World Bank today, shows a sharp increase in the Ease of Doing Business. A jump of 30 places in the charts is nothing to scoff about. And, India seems to have improved on every parameter there…
David Fincher’s series Mindhunter, that released on Netflix a couple of weeks ago, is an atmospheric period piece on a subject that is very popular on American TV and film – serial killers, and the people who hunt them – the FBI…
I wrote this a few weeks ago, for ABP This week, as a woman, I feel betrayed by the Indian System … Betrayed. Let down. Told women am not good enough to be considered equal. That, we don’t deserve equality, or the…
#WomenBoycottTwitter was on the 13th of October. Many women i know, and a fair few men, stayed off twitter, to protest against (non transparent rules) that suspend those who protest against violence, and spare those who do, or threaten to do violence….
#WomenBoycottTwitter – what makes otherwise easy going women to call for a boycott? That some twitter users can be toxic, is a given. That as a woman you face abuse for being a woman, in addition to being a woman and having…
My grand aunt’s husband fought with the Indian National Army (INA).In an era before instant communication, or even the black phone most of grew up with, there was no news of him for a few years. My grand aunt (father’s mom’s sister)…
In the aftermath of the Elphinstone Bridge stampede, and deaths, it is good to examine the relationship between Social Media, Main Stream Media, and Politicians Twitter, more than any other social networking platform, has changed the way Government interact and politicians interact…