Harini Calamur's Writings
I wrote about the Great Resignation in the FPJ on 14th April, 2022 For as long as there has been modern business, people have had to go somewhere – outside their home to work. For the best part of a century, the…
Fringe Rightwing groups calling for economic boycott of minorities is amped up during elections. I wrote about this in the FPJ on April 6th 2022 In recent weeks, right-wing groups in states gearing up for elections, such as Karnataka, have been on…
I write on the retail revolution that is going unseen … the small shop goes online. Last week, I bought a bottle of water from a small shop in the middle of nowhere. As has been the case in the post-pandemic period,…
rising unemployment amongst the young educated is a problem, and it is spilling onto the streets as violence. I write for the FPJ on how rising unemployment is the threat within. Last week, there were three days of public violence in Bihar…
We have to learn to live with COVID. There can be no more lockdowns. I write for the FPJ on the 10th of January, 2022 As India enters its third year of dealing with COVID, the sense of déjà vu seems overwhelming….
The outbreak of COVID in the early part of 2020, led to a massive shift in the way economies around the world operate. As the world went into lockdown, trying to protect its citizens from an unseen threat, economies at the local,…
MSME’s have come to their own during the lockdown, piggy backing on the infra of big e-retail to survive and grown
This was in the aftermath of the repeal of the farm laws, on the 22nd of November 2022 The farm laws are officially dead. On the 19th of November, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra mod addressed the nation, and informed us…
This was around the COP26 negotiations on Climate Change – on the 7th of November The city of Glasgow, in Scotland, is currently hosting the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26. For many political leaders, bureaucrats, diplomats, experts, activists and others…
I wrote about the Indian Economy’s midlife crisis, in the FPJ on the 26th of July 2021 On July 24th, 1991, Dr Manmohan Singh presented the Union Government’s budget to parliament. India was at a political and economic crossroads. In the months…