Harini Calamur's Writings
Right now, we have a twin problem of excess supply of foodgrain (flagged by the RBI), and an excess number of very hungry people. There seems to be something fundamentally flawed with a system that allows the pile-up of food at one end and ignores the hunger of almost 200 million people at the other.
The Indian economy needs a rapid infusion of disposable income in the hands of individual households to get out of the mess
Covid has given the Government a fig leaf to cover up its disastrous handling of the economy
this appeared in the FPJ The state of Idaho in the United States of America claims to fame is that it produces over a third of all the potatoes produce in the country. A few months ago, this sleepy little state was…
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 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…
It feels strange to give financial advice, considering that for a large part for my early and mid-career life, I spent money like it was going out of fashion. I invested in the usual LICs and PPFs because I had to, but I don’t think I had a single…
This morning HBR retracted a story on why women in China don’t rise up to the CXO level. In consultation with the author, we have decided to remove the text of this article from HBR.org. We did not properly convey the cultural…
.. can be devestating. There is a bloodbath in the post-COVID job market, and it is sparing no one. Senior management, middle management, fresh recruits, support staff, housekeeping, all are impacted – and there is no hope in sight. A few days…