Harini Calamur's Writings
My articles in Mainstream media
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…
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…
This appeared on the 16th of January Yesterday, Chandrashekar Azad aka Ravan, the charismatic leader of the Bhim Army was released on bail, after 26 days in custody. The bail had conditions, he was not to stay in Delhi, hold rallies, take…
This appeared in CNBC on 9th January Across India, students are out protesting. Even in a city like Mumbai, that has traditionally been lukewarm towards most politics at the national level, there have been protest turnouts that have been significant. And, more…
This appeared on the 1st day of the year There are two broad polarised views on the start of the new decade – those who believe that the new decade starts in 2020, and others who believe that it starts next year….
This appeared on the 26th of December The protests around the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and the National Population Register (NR) have provided a welcome respite to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who was facing increasingly uncomfortable…
This appeared on the 18 of December It is an universe of data out there – a seemingly infinite supply of data points about you and I, that are sliced and diced, then analysed, so that corporations and politicians can sell us…
This piece on rape, and gang rape, appeared on the 9th of December A young woman in Hyderabad faced every woman’s worst nightmare. Her two-wheeler deliberately punctured, she is kidnapped by 4 men, who rape her, and then burn her. Her body…
This piece on Maharashtra politics appeared on the 27th of November If you have been in outer space the last few weeks, you probably missed the best live political drama on earth, right now. Thrown into the entertainment mix were sulking scions,…