Harini Calamur's Writings
I wrote this on the media coverage of the Kerala Floods The recent Kerala floods showed two sides of the same media coin. The use of media and social media for good, and the use of them to spread fake news and…
I wrote this for CNBC TV18 Kerala has been facing the onslaught of monsoons since July. Last week, that turned into a veritable flood. If you look a the graph below, it shows the variance between normal monsoon rains, and what happened…
The Indian Education System has to get geared to produce people with future relevant skills. As India celebrates her 71st Independence Day, there is much joy and revelry. The last 71 years have seen a country been brutally partitioned, face the worse…
This is the second time I watched Sherlock, and I enjoyed the ‘watching at one go’ experience far more than watching it as separates. My at one go is not binge watching. I watched the 4 seasons and 12 episodes in about…
For CNBCTV18 : Since 2010, there have been 89 lynchings, with 291 victims and 35 deaths, that have to do with suspicion of stealing cattle, or eating beef. In some cases, these lynchings have a communal undertone, in others a xenophobic one –…
I write about the Assam NRC and it’s implications on India for CNBCTV18 Historically Assam is the confluence of many genetic and cultural strains. Negrito, Austro-Asciatic, Mongolian and Nordic genes have inter mingled to create a melting pot of ethnicities. The languages…
This appeared in CNBCTV18 a few weeks ago. Iran and the United States of America have had a rather tumultuous relationship for the best part of seven decades. In the 1950’s there were two major upheavals. The first was the nationalisation of…
As i go through the judgement, just putting up various paras that catch my attention. it is fascinating reading. This is not just law, it is scholarship. The emphasis on the unique being of an individual is the salt ofhis/her life. Denial…
In our family tradition of Hinduism- we are on first name terms with our Gods. It is a relationship of deep love, and utmost familiarity. I would often listen to my grandmothers berating God (usually the child form of Rama or Krishna)…