Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in CNBC on 9th January Across India, students are out protesting. Even in a city like Mumbai, that has traditionally been lukewarm towards most politics at the national level, there have been protest turnouts that have been significant. And, more…
This piece on rape, and gang rape, appeared on the 9th of December A young woman in Hyderabad faced every woman’s worst nightmare. Her two-wheeler deliberately punctured, she is kidnapped by 4 men, who rape her, and then burn her. Her body…
This article appeared first in CNBCTV18 here Fake news has been one of the most contentious topics surrounding news in the last 5 years. It is believed that fake news decided the fate of the Americans and led to the election of…
This week brought the news that Carnatic Classical vocalist, and Magsaysay award winner, TM Krishna’s concert was cancelled after a motivated campaign by a driven cabal of self-proclaimed defenders of Indian tradition. They accused him of being anti national, anti-Hindu, and an…
The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a measure of the purity of air, the lower the level of AQI, the better the quality of air, and as it increases, it becomes more and more dangerous for consumption by most forms of life….
#meToo – A shorter version of this appeared in CNBC TV18, this week Two Thousand years ago, there was a story of a woman’s anger that burnt down a city. The famous Tamil epic Silapadhikaram narrates the story of Kannagi and her…
I write for CNBC TV18 on #MeToo It has been a year since the #MeToo campaign that triggered a mass outpouring of stories of sexual harassment, and managed to kneecap a number of sexual predators across geographies. The ripples of #metoo are…
I write for CNBC TV18 ‘ You see sir, I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English, I can run English, because English is such a funny language’ said Arjun Singh, played by Amitabh Bachchan, in the Bollywood…
As the Kerala Nun fights for justice, the Indian state has to stand firmly for the rights of the individual. I write for Firstpost The Oscar winning film Spotlight looked at the investigation into child sex abuse by priests of the Catholic…
As i go through the judgement, just putting up various paras that catch my attention. it is fascinating reading. This is not just law, it is scholarship. The emphasis on the unique being of an individual is the salt ofhis/her life. Denial…