Harini Calamur's Writings
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”— A.J. Liebling Today, that freedom belongs not to journalists, but to billionaires. In the past, owning a press meant printing influence. Today, owning a platform means owning perception. Elon Musk…
Last week Russia shut down the pipeline that supplied natural gas to Europe. The Russian energy major, Gazprom, said it was for routine maintenance and would be restored in a few days. However, they have now said there are major leaks that…
Climate Change is here. it is real. And, it has reached those who thought themselves invulnerable to it. As climate change moves from impacting poor brown (and black people) to hurt the rich and wealthy, hopefully, there will be some action. I…
Salman Rushdie was stabbed by someone who was not even born when the Satanic Verses was published. I look at the fatwa, and the role of Governments in normalizing hate, for the FPJ Last week 75-year-old British Indian author Salman Rushdie was…
I write about disinformation that permeates Ukraine Russia war reportage, for the FPJ Among the more tragic, yet uplifting, stories to come out of the Ukraine War, was the one on the soldiers of Snake Island. Carried by major, reputed, Western news…
i write on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and look at the implications for India, in FPJ Ukraine would have celebrated its 21st birthday, later this year in August, as an independent country. Its birth as an independent nation took was enabled…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 1st of November When we look at the history of the Indian independence movement, one thing is very clear. And that was the role played by communal parties In creating psychosis of fear and otherization…
I wrote this after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, for the FPJ, on 30th August 2021 On the 15th of August 2021, as India marked its 74th Independence Day, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Like the British Empire almost 75 years ago,…
I wrote this after Kabul fell to the Taliban, for the FPJ on 23rd of August 2021 The Taliban is back in Afghanistan. With their signature brutality, sadism, and hate for all others not like them. Twenty years ago, the American state…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 29th of March, 2021 Last week, a ship got stuck in a canal, and brought international trade to a gridlocked traffic jam. The ship called “Ever Given’ is a 400-metre container ship, that was transporting…