Harini Calamur's Writings
Haridwar is one of the holiest cities for Hindus. At the foothills of the Shivalik Ranges, the city is by the banks of the Ganga, as it moves form its source in the mountains, to the plains. bIn Both in the Shaivite…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 20th of December 2021 My paternal grandmother was married when she was 11. She was a mother at 13. Her own mother, my great grandmother, was 28 when she became a grandmother. My grandmother bore…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 25th of October In the last week, we have seen angry people offended by the insult to their version of Hindu culture protesting against corporates. Their ire was the use of Urdu and depiction of…
Violent Vegetarianism should be an oxymoron, but it isn’t. I write on the politics of vegetarianism for the FPJ, July 5th 2021 Human Beings are mostly meat eaters. This is the way we evolved, and this is the way we have stayed….
This piece on the Era of Stupid, and how mass media and social media encourage stupidity in the name of political correctness, appeared in the FPJ on the 21st of June 2021 The Darwin Awards are given out every year to “commemorate…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 8th of March 2021 The younger me abhorred International Woman’s Day. What about the other 364 days – I would fume. As someone who grew up in relative privilege – I wasn’t killed for being…
‘Love jihad’ is back in the news because BJP states are planning to bring in ordinances to prevent it. In the era of coronavirus and the economic devastation it has wreaked, states are busy fighting a bogey that does not exist. Probably because it is easier to fight a made-up enemy, than to deal with real issues.
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.
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…
As the Kerala Nun fights for justice, the Indian state has to stand firmly for the rights of the individual. I write for Firstpost The Oscar winning film Spotlight looked at the investigation into child sex abuse by priests of the Catholic…