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    Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

    October 29, 2022 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

    January 8, 2022 by calamur
  • Soul by Pixar
    Films / Reviews

    Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

    January 2, 2021 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

    April 18, 2020 by calamur
  • Star Trek Picard
    Reviews / Shows

    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
    Books / Reviews

    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

    January 25, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
    Books / graphic novels / Reviews

    On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

    January 12, 2020 by calamur
  • Natasha Mehra Must Die
    Books / Reviews

    Book Review : Natasha Mehra Must Die by Anand Sivakumaran

    January 3, 2019 by calamur
  • Books / Reviews

    Book Review : The Internet Trap – How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy

    November 22, 2018 by calamur
  • India Connected - Ravi Aggarwal
    Books / Reviews

    Book Review : India Connected

    November 9, 2018 by calamur

Category: International

Column: Ukraine War -The Long Cold Winter for Europe
Articles Economics and Society Environment Europe International 

Column: Ukraine War -The Long Cold Winter for Europe

October 29, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column: Climate Change is Here, While we were in Denial
Articles Development Economics and Society Environment Europe India International Pakistan 

Column: Climate Change is Here, While we were in Denial

October 29, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column:  Salman Rushdie and the defence of Free Speech.
Articles International 

Column: Salman Rushdie and the defence of Free Speech.

October 29, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column: Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the truth is a casualty
Articles Fake News International Media 

Column: Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the truth is a casualty

June 20, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column: The Invasion of Ukraine – Rampage of the mighty Russian bear
Articles International 

Column: The Invasion of Ukraine – Rampage of the mighty Russian bear

June 20, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column: ‘Hindu khatre mein hai’ is similar to the narrative that fostered Partition
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Column: ‘Hindu khatre mein hai’ is similar to the narrative that fostered Partition

January 1, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column: Normalising Taliban and Terror
Articles International Uncategorized 

Column: Normalising Taliban and Terror

January 1, 2022 by calamur

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,…

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Column: The Winners and Losers in the Graveyard of Empires, Afghanistan
Articles International Pakistan 

Column: The Winners and Losers in the Graveyard of Empires, Afghanistan

January 1, 2022 by calamur

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…

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Column : The Suez Lockjam and International Trade
Articles Economics and Society International Uncategorized 

Column : The Suez Lockjam and International Trade

December 31, 2021 by calamur

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…

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Column: Extremism and Big Tech – a relationship that threatens the world
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Column: Extremism and Big Tech – a relationship that threatens the world

January 17, 2021 by calamur

i write for the FPJ on the link between Big Tech and Extremism Last week, a mob of white extremists, egged on by a President who refused to accept the November election results, attempted to overturn the US elections, and overthrow the…

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Harini Calamur –  works at the intersection of digital content, technology, and audiences. I write mainly on Economics, Development, Politics, Media bias, Science Communication, and review the content that I consume

You can connect with me on Linkedin here, and on Twitter here.

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