Harini Calamur's Writings
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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…
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…
this appeared in the FPJ It isn’t that there is a dearth of news. We are in the throes of the first global pandemic in almost a century, and the COVID crisis shows little sign of respite. There is the clash with…
This appeared in the FPJ Last year, when things were somewhat normal, and people went to see comedy shows, comedian Agrima Joshua, during a live show, cracked a joke about the Shivaji statue that is to be installed in the middle of…
This appeared in the FPJ The victims of COVID go beyond those who have been infected by it. The worldwide lockdowns accompanying the coronavirus have put people’s livelihood in danger, and it is showing. 2.7 billion people, or 81% of the world’s…
This appeared in the FPJ The first lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID was over a 100 days ago. For many of us, our lives have not yet got back to normal. As countries come out of lockdown, many states, many…
This column appeared in the FPJ “Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around.” said the economist Milton Friedman. Right now, the…
This appeared in the FPJ Earlier this week, leading advertisers in the United States of America, did the unthinkable. In the face of mounting criticism about the role of social media, in general, and Facebook in particular, in spreading fake news and…
This appeared in the FPJ In the book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, Chris Hedges talks about the United States, but he might have as well been writing about India, the media, and the complex…
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…