Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in the FPJ in November 2023 Earlier this year, Hollywood writers and actors felt the threat of AI’s shadow looming over their careers. Fearing job losses and losing creative control, they came together to strike, demanding protection and fair compensation….
At the start of the 1900s, Great Britain – a tiny island off the coast of Europe – ruled over a quarter of the world’s population and controlled more landmass than any other nation in history. Amongst the myths that have been…
I first read Animal Farm when i was in the 7th or 8th standard. It was an era before 24 hour TV channels. The internet was an American Defence Department pilot. And, without the distractions of TV or web, I fell in…
Bhima: The Lone Warrior, by MT Vasudevan Nair is a retelling of the Mahabharata from Bhima’s point of view. Many years ago, when social media was a distant glint in a very far away horizon, there used to be a network of…
Devavrata Singh, aka Shaitan Singh is a hero who deserves a franchise. Abhinav Agarwal’s debut novel, Predators and Prey, is a race thriller that tells the story of Devavrata who is charged with keeping alive a data scientist on the run, a…
One of the things I have noticed about myself, over the last few years, has been this tremendous reluctance to start books or shows. I have become so used to snacking on content, that a full book or a long-running show terrifies…
When Natasha Mehra , the main protagonist of Anand Sivakumaran’s debut novel Natasha Mehra must die, finds out that other women bearing her name are dying under mysterious circumstances, she beings to investigate. The result is a thriller that has you on…
The Internet Trap – How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy is a deep dive in to the digital universe, and looks at the power exerted by trans national monopolies such as Facebook, Amazon and Google, in developing large pools…
Ravi Aggarwal’s book, India connected is a breezy walk down the street of rapid smartphone penetration in India, and a look at it’s impact on social progress, economic development, individual habits, and government. There approximately 330 million smartphones in India, it is…
The World of the Tamil Merchant, is a part of a larger series on India’s rich trade history that is anchored by Gurcharan Das. I have one other of the series, the one on Gujarati merchants, and how they pioneered globalised (yet…