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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
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    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

    January 25, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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    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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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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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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Book Review : Natasha Mehra Must Die by Anand Sivakumaran
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Book Review : Natasha Mehra Must Die by Anand Sivakumaran

January 3, 2019 by calamur

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…

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

November 22, 2018 by calamur

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…

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Book Review : India Connected
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Book Review : India Connected

November 9, 2018 by calamur

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…

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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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