Harini Calamur's Writings
My articles in Mainstream media
This appeared a few weeks ago, and looked at the externalities of Development It was a bit like Chipko movement in Delhi earlier this week. Hundreds of citizens turned up to hug trees and protest the felling of almost 17,000 to create homes for…
Trade Wars Begin – A version of this appeared on CNBC TV18 There is a problem in the world trading ecosystem. A very big problem. A problem so massive that it has seen the first few shots, of a full-fledged trade war,…
I write for CNBC TV 18 on the gates of Protectionism that seem to be shutting on world trade The instinct towards protectionism is not new. It has been a part of economic history since the beginning of trade. In 75 CE,…
I write for CNBC TV18 about the need to look at subscriptions and why we need to look at paying for news to beat fake news. There is a story about the early days of news broadcasting on BBC radio. It was…
I wrote this for CNBC TV 18, a few weeks ago on Public Safety and India. An edited version of this piece, appeared on the site Last week, a three-storey building collapsed in Jodhpur. There were many injuries. I couldn’t ascertain whether…
Data Protection has been in the news ever since the dawn of the digital era. But, in the last few years the clamour for stronger data protections laws have become louder. Europe has taken the first step to limit the power that…
In the Battle for Artificial Intelligence, who will be the winner ? I write for CNBC TV18 Artificial Intelligence is the technology that is supposed to cause the most disruption to the way in which we live and work. At it’s most…
I write for CNBC TV 18, on the rise of Economic Protection, and the inability of the old world institutions to deal with any conflict. The Second World War, in many ways, marked a watershed on the international stage. Many of…
I write for CNBC-TV18 on why Marijuana should be legalised India’s geographic position is unique – a gateway between the giant landmasses of Eurasia, and Africa on the west, and the entire South Eastern part of Asia. Historically, it was this geographic…
The economies of the world are built on women’s unpaid work in the household and in the economy . It is time to redress this. I write for CNBC-TV18 Last fortnight, I had the opportunity to visit two villages, in Rajasthan and…