Harini Calamur's Writings
Coronavirus, more specifically Covid 19, has cut a swathe through the world, infecting over half a million people, and being the cause of death of over 30,000 people – mostly senior citizens. The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus tracker is one of the scariest…
This was written on the 8th of March. After the death of 463 patients, the Government of Italy has announced a lockdown for the country, hoping it would stem the rise of coronavirus cases. There are cancelled weddings, funerals, and public gatherings….
This appeared in CNBC-TV18 on the 27th of February The plumes of black smoke that you see on your timeline, or on WhatsApp forwards, or on news channels is not from some remote part of the country or the world. It is…
This appeared in CNBC TV18 on the 20th of February 2019 The latest public health scare to hit the world is the COVID 19 – Corona Virus. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there were over 73,000 reported cases of COVID…
This appeared in CNBC TV18 on the 13th of February With the Coronavirus claiming over a 1000 lives, the spotlight of the world is on communicable diseases and preventing their outbreak. A few years earlier, the world’s attention was on Ebola, which…
The budget speech has been delivered. And, it was a long speech. The Finance Minister made several literary references. Quoting Kashmiri poet, Dina Nath Kaul, she said that everything the government did was for the “payara vatan” or beloved country. Quoting Tamil…
This column on the Government’s hubris towards expertise and knowldge, hurting the economy appeared in CNBCTV18 on the 23rd of January There is a certain hubris that drives the Government. The hubris borne out of the belief that they – and they…