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    Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

    October 29, 2022 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

    January 8, 2022 by calamur
  • Soul by Pixar
    Films / Reviews

    Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

    January 2, 2021 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

    April 18, 2020 by calamur
  • Star Trek Picard
    Reviews / Shows

    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
    Books / Reviews

    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

    January 25, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
    Books / graphic novels / Reviews

    On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

    January 12, 2020 by calamur
  • Natasha Mehra Must Die
    Books / Reviews

    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
  • India Connected - Ravi Aggarwal
    Books / Reviews

    Book Review : India Connected

    November 9, 2018 by calamur

Day: December 27, 2020

Column: The Chase for Ratings and the coverage of Sex, Scandal, and Fake News
Advertising Articles Digital Fake News Media News 

Column: The Chase for Ratings and the coverage of Sex, Scandal, and Fake News

December 27, 2020 by calamur

Never mind the murder of truth, never mind the spread of hate – the appeasement of the rating gods is paramount

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Column: Time to raise non-rapist sons of India
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Column: Time to raise non-rapist sons of India

December 27, 2020 by calamur

Rape is a male problem. Men Rape. They have done this through out history, and it is unlikely they will stop unless something is radically done to reform the way they are brought up and socialized.

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Column: Making Social Media Platforms Pay for News
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Column: Making Social Media Platforms Pay for News

December 27, 2020 by calamur

In India it is estimated that 52 per cent of the total audience consumes news on Facebook and WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook). In the USA, this figure is 68 per cent. For Free

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Column: Pressing need to look at the funding of journalism, for news that matters
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Column: Pressing need to look at the funding of journalism, for news that matters

December 27, 2020 by calamur

Journalism in Public Interest has to look at different methods of funding, beyond the sale of fleeting eyeballs to advertisers

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Column: Universal Basic Income – the time is now
Articles Economics and Society India 

Column: Universal Basic Income – the time is now

December 27, 2020 by calamur

The Indian economy needs a rapid infusion of disposable income in the hands of individual households to get out of the mess

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Column: Strangulating the Economic Dreams of Millions
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Column: Strangulating the Economic Dreams of Millions

December 27, 2020 by calamur

Covid has given the Government a fig leaf to cover up its disastrous handling of the economy

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Column: The Cult of the large Peepul Tree and the Indian National Congress
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Column: The Cult of the large Peepul Tree and the Indian National Congress

December 27, 2020 by calamur

The peepul tree or the Ficus religiosa, to give it is the scientific name, is not just native to India, but an intrinsic part of the culture. It is under this tree that Savitri negotiates for Satyavan’s life with Yama, the God…

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Column: The Clash of Competing Rights
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Column: The Clash of Competing Rights

December 27, 2020 by calamur

this appeared in the FPJ The state of Idaho in the United States of America claims to fame is that it produces over a third of all the potatoes produce in the country.   A few months ago, this sleepy little state was…

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Column: #COVID and the Educational Digital Divide
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Column: #COVID and the Educational Digital Divide

December 27, 2020 by calamur

This appeared in the FPJ There still seems no end in sight to the COVID crisis. There is the Russian vaccine, Sputnik  V, but across the world scientists have raised a red flag at the rush to hit the market at the…

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Column: American Exceptionalism and the forced sale of Tik Tok
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Column: American Exceptionalism and the forced sale of Tik Tok

December 27, 2020 by calamur

this appeared in the FPJ Tik Tok ; banned in India, and facing a ban in the USA unless it is sold to an American buyer, Tik Tok faces a tough battle ahead. But, what does this mean for Government control on…

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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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