Harini Calamur's Writings
The Linguistic Map of India- i could spend hours pouring over it, and making connections. I have suddenly re-discovered my fascination with maps, and how they are so brilliant at explaining most things. Yesterday i was giving a talk on Indian culture…
As I sit and wait with my mother, for her cataract operation, it strikes me, not for the first time, how unfriendly the whole system is for seniors. At present, about 16% of India is over 50, in the next 20 years, as…
I wrote this a few weeks ago, for ABP This week, as a woman, I feel betrayed by the Indian System … Betrayed. Let down. Told women am not good enough to be considered equal. That, we don’t deserve equality, or the…
Modern Slavery is so invisible that most often it does not get detected. Slavery in the modern world, not just exist but is thriving. At any given time, some 16 million people around the world are victims of forced labour exploitation in…
5th evening, i was working on the lecture for the following morning. Political Communication and Propaganda was the topic. The paper is Political Communication, and how it works. My brother came into the study to tell me Gauri Lankesh was shot. My brain…
Yesterday’s conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for Rape, unleashed violence in Panchkula. At last count 30 people are dead, 250 injured, and crores of rupees of property has been damaged. The repercussions on administration and law enforcement, will be felt for…
This Morning, the Supreme Court ruled that Privacy is a Fundamental Right, gently correcting the Government that argued it was not. (source : Times of India, May 3rd 2017) The thought of the top most Legal Officer of the Government of India…
i write for the @dna on this landmark judgement, and the way ahead source : here This Morning’s much anticipated news was the Supreme Court ruling on Instant Triple Talaq, and hopes that the esteemed bench would uphold the rights of…
When I returned to India, in 1994 from the United Kingdom, i was very aware of the fact that there was a very thick glass ceiling in Britain. Almost shatterproof glass. This is despite having Margret Thatcher, and the Queen in charge…
The Supreme Court order on banning the sale of alcohol 500 meteres close to State and National Highways, will not just impact jobs and taxes, but have little perceptible impact on drunken driving. I write for ABP About 20 years ago, a…