Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in CNBC-TV18 on the 27th of February The plumes of black smoke that you see on your timeline, or on WhatsApp forwards, or on news channels is not from some remote part of the country or the world. It is…
This piece on Maharashtra politics appeared on the 27th of November If you have been in outer space the last few weeks, you probably missed the best live political drama on earth, right now. Thrown into the entertainment mix were sulking scions,…
This appeared on 30th August India abrogated Article 370 and 35a, that gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir special status within the Indian Union, on the 5th of August. Simultaneously the state was bifurcated into two Union territories – Jammu and…
This appeared in CNBC TV18 on the 14th of August The last few years have seen a tussle within the Indian National Congress on the way the party should move ahead. On one side was the (relatively) young guard led by Rahul…
This appeared in CNBC-TV18 on 25th July: Fourteen months after the Congress JDS alliance took charge in Karnataka, they lost the trust vote by 6 votes, 99-105, triggering the fall of the state Government. It looks likely that the BJP will form…
Rahul Gandhi – what next for him? I write for CNBC-TV18 on life after resignation as Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi today broke free of the Indian National Congress neck lock and put out an open letter resigning as Congress President. His…
I write for CNBC TV18, on what next for the Congress after the crushing defeat at the polls? The Indian National Congress is in disarray. It has lost the general election for the second time in a row, by a massive margin….
I write on Mr Modi’s Mammoth Win, in CNBC TV18 t the end of a hard-fought election campaign, where bitterness and anger flowed with the money, D-day has arrived. Seven phases of polling are done and dusted. The votes are being counted….
I write for CNBC TV18 on the need for Parliamentary reform The last phase of the Indian elections gets over at the end of this week. At the end of 7 rounds, around 60% of the 900 million Indian voters would have…
I write on the Rahul Gandhi campaign in the 2019 General Elections, for CNBC TV18 The world’s largest elections is entering its final phase. In just over 2 weeks, we should know one way or the other, who will form the next…