Harini Calamur's Writings
This first appeared in CNBC-TV18 on Priyanka Gandhi’s formal entry into politics. After spending the best part of the last decade helping the Indian National Congress in various election campaigns, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has finally taken the plunge into formal party and…
This appeared in CNBCTV18, here Election season in India means fierce competition for farmers’ votes. With 52 percent of farmersin debt, loan waivers are a clear vote-winners for political parties. However, is it enough? With the recently concluded state elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya…
The semi finals are over, and the results are out. The BJP has lost 3-0 in the Hindi heartland, defeated in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan. And, where you have a loser, you have a winner. The grand old…
Farmer Protests have been spreading like wild fire, and dominating the media discourse. It all began with an election promise — loan waivers in UP, and the chickens have come home to roost. I write for the ABP India is going through an…
The results of the UP state elections are finally out – and verdict is Adityanath, the 5 time member of parliament, is the chief minister. The BJP choose the most person it considers most appropriate, and most in line with it’s vision, to run…
…. but, it is one of the sharpest pieces of writing on what ails America, and the Trump phenomenon. Such precision is devastating. If the prospect of a female President represents a departure in the history of American politics, the candidacy of…
three very different stories The first, from the Times of India, is about a couple of cattle traders lynched by “suspected cattle-protection vigilantes“ The deceased, Muhammad Majloom, 35, and Azad Khan alias Ibrahim, 15, were cattle traders and related to each other. Their bodies…
After a long time, i wrote an opinion piece for the DNA. And, it essentially was on why India was not being ruled by the Hindu Taliban. The Indian electorate makes informed and wise decisions – it may not be as literate…
My column in today’s DNA It is election season and, therefore, it must be the time for rhetoric, more rhetoric and even more rhetoric. Each party and its supporters are trying to pitch themselves to us, the voters, and each trying to…
And, my column last week for the DNA – on the UPA retrospective Ever been to a theatre to watch a film that on paper sounded fabulous — great director, good casting, top-of-the-line banner, great promos? But when you get inside the…