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    Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

    October 29, 2022 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

    January 8, 2022 by calamur
  • Soul by Pixar
    Films / Reviews

    Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

    January 2, 2021 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

    April 18, 2020 by calamur
  • Star Trek Picard
    Reviews / Shows

    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
    Books / Reviews

    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

    January 25, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
    Books / graphic novels / Reviews

    On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

    January 12, 2020 by calamur
  • Natasha Mehra Must Die
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    Book Review : Natasha Mehra Must Die by Anand Sivakumaran

    January 3, 2019 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review : The Internet Trap – How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy

    November 22, 2018 by calamur
  • India Connected - Ravi Aggarwal
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    Book Review : India Connected

    November 9, 2018 by calamur

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The Queen of Dusk – Puriya Dhanashree
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The Queen of Dusk – Puriya Dhanashree

January 7, 2024 by calamur

This appeared in the Splainer in February 2023 In Hindustani classical Music, there are specific ragas that are sung at specific times of the day. There is an elaborate system of classification that starts with predawn/post midnight ragas – ragas like Sohini,…

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Column: For the Love of Bhairavi
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Column: For the Love of Bhairavi

April 22, 2023 by calamur

After a long time i am writing about music again. Classical Music. And, i am loving it. This is a series for ‘Splainer – a platform i quite enjoy reading. The idea was to create a series that will get people into…

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Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire
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Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

October 29, 2022 by calamur

 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…

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Lata Mangeshkar : The Nightingale Sings Solo …
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Lata Mangeshkar : The Nightingale Sings Solo …

February 6, 2022 by calamur

A decade ago ago – i had blogged the bulk of this post. written on her birtdhay it was my listing of her favourites. Today, as i hear news of her passing on, i just look at the treasure trove of work…

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Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry
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Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

January 8, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls
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Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

January 2, 2021 by calamur

Soul by Pixar is a great way to end your 2020, and start your 2021. Ask anyone, and they will tell you that 2020 was a strange sort of year. A year that called into question everything that we knew, and the…

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Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior
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Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

April 18, 2020 by calamur

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…

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Review: Star Trek Picard
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Review: Star Trek Picard

April 13, 2020 by calamur

Start Trek Picard on Amazon Prime, is a move away from the earlier cheery Pollyanna takes of the future put forward by the Star Trek universe. The world in Star Trek Picard is definitely more dystopian than the ones we have seen…

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Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

January 25, 2020 by calamur

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…

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On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again
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On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

January 12, 2020 by calamur

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…

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Harini Calamur –  works at the intersection of digital content, technology, and audiences. I write mainly on Economics, Development, Politics, Media bias, Science Communication, and review the content that I consume

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