Harini Calamur's Writings
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….
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 25th of October In the last week, we have seen angry people offended by the insult to their version of Hindu culture protesting against corporates. Their ire was the use of Urdu and depiction of…
i wrote this on the 18th of September 2021 As the world locked down last year in the face of the COVID-19 virus, millions of children were sent home from school. And, at home they stayed for 18 months – trying to…
Violent Vegetarianism should be an oxymoron, but it isn’t. I write on the politics of vegetarianism for the FPJ, July 5th 2021 Human Beings are mostly meat eaters. This is the way we evolved, and this is the way we have stayed….
This piece on the Era of Stupid, and how mass media and social media encourage stupidity in the name of political correctness, appeared in the FPJ on the 21st of June 2021 The Darwin Awards are given out every year to “commemorate…
This column on the Apathy of the Indian Middle Class appeared on the 14th of June 2021 For the growing Indian upper Middle Class, the second wave of COVID has been a revelation. For the first time in 30+ years we have…
this appeared in the FPJ on 31st May 2021 The verdict in the Tarun Tejpal case that let him walk free, despite an apology on paper where he admits he violated the woman’s consent, is astounding. Judge Kshama Joshi observed that the…
This appeared in FPJ on the 17th of May How many Indians have died due to this wave of COVID? The answer is no one knows. Government data does not reconcile with what we know when we look around us; there is…
This appeared in FPJ on the 5th of April 2021 Every year, since 2006, the World Economic Forum has been minutely analysing gender gaps and releasing reports. It looks at gender equality on 4 major parameters –Economic, Educational, Political Participation, and Health…