Harini Calamur's Writings
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…
The water crisis is upon us. I write for CNBC-TV18 It was a tweet by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s disaster management handle @mybmc that brought home the ludicrousness of the water woes in the country. They said, “6 pumping stations of MCGM…
Across cities in India, speciality restaurants are coming up. Many are specific regional cuisine. Others from across the world. And, most survive mainly on home deliveries. The food revolution has come to India via a most unexpected source – the mobile. The…
I write for CNBC TV18 on the skills gap As Narendra Modi begins his second term as Prime Minister, there are many challenges his government faces. But, none more pressing than the issue of unemployment. Data shows that unemployment is at 6.1%, a 45-year high,…
NYAY – the Congress’ minimum income guarantee programme – i write in CNBC-TV18 In January, Rahul Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party, tweeted “We cannot build a new India while millions of our brothers & sisters suffer the scourge of poverty. …
This piece on Minimum Income Guarantee appeared in CNBC-TV18 here The conversation around an income guarantee for the poor is not new. In the Economic Survey of India 2016-17, the then chief economic advisor to the Government of India, Arvind Subramaniam had…