Harini Calamur's Writings
Yesterday, on my twitter TL, was a man lamenting about his life. He is a senior executive in some company, has two kids, and mentioned his wife doesn’t work. I am not putting up a screenshot or linking to that thread, because…
The budget speech has been delivered. And, it was a long speech. The Finance Minister made several literary references. Quoting Kashmiri poet, Dina Nath Kaul, she said that everything the government did was for the “payara vatan” or beloved country. Quoting Tamil…
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 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 RCEP appeared on the 1st of November: On Diwali day, farmer groups in multiple states in India protested the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) – a proposed free trade agreement between ASEAN- that has 10 member countries – and…
This piece on Hunger and Climate Change appeared on October 16th In 1980, there were 133,000 natural disasters in the world; In 2015 there were 282,000. As climatic patterns across the world change, disasters caused by climate change are on the rise,…
This piece on Greta Thunberg was published on September 26th The 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, in a fiery speech at the United Nations, spoke about how the older generation, and powers that be have ruined the future for her generation, by ruthlessly…
This appeared on the 12th of September Unless you are the President of the United States, or some such exalted position that allows you to be out of touch with reality, it is really impossible for sane and rational people to ignore…