Harini Calamur's Writings
Marital Rape is an emotive issue. It is uncharted territory – and balancing off the rights of the wife and the husband is going to be tough. This column on the issues surrounding marital rape appeared in the FPJ on the 23rd…
We have to learn to live with COVID. There can be no more lockdowns. I write for the FPJ on the 10th of January, 2022 As India enters its third year of dealing with COVID, the sense of déjà vu seems overwhelming….
The outbreak of COVID in the early part of 2020, led to a massive shift in the way economies around the world operate. As the world went into lockdown, trying to protect its citizens from an unseen threat, economies at the local,…
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…
Haridwar is one of the holiest cities for Hindus. At the foothills of the Shivalik Ranges, the city is by the banks of the Ganga, as it moves form its source in the mountains, to the plains. bIn Both in the Shaivite…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 20th of December 2021 My paternal grandmother was married when she was 11. She was a mother at 13. Her own mother, my great grandmother, was 28 when she became a grandmother. My grandmother bore…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 13th of December Last week, Maria Ressa, from Phillipines, and Dmitry Muratov, from Russia, accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Nobel committee said “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 6th of December Recently, the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, set the assembled gaggle of journalists aflutter. In response to a question post her meeting with the NCP supremo, Sharad Pawar, on the UPA, her…
This was in the aftermath of the repeal of the farm laws, on the 22nd of November 2022 The farm laws are officially dead. On the 19th of November, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra mod addressed the nation, and informed us…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 14th of November, after rape threats to Kohli and Sharma’s 7-month child. What would you call a person who suggests raping a 7 month old, because her father stood up for a team-mate facing communal…