Harini Calamur's Writings
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…
A very good read on the Battle for Mosul All special-forces soldiers, indeed all Iraqi forces, from the most experienced to the greenest, wore flak jackets and helmets only when ordered to by commanders, commanders only when ordered to by generals and generals…
I write for the dna on the latest set of be headings, and the nature of the relationship between India Pakistan. A shorter version appears in the papers\. It is one more attack on India. Two more soldiers killed, and their bodies…
Angelina Jolie, UNHCR’s Special Envoy , gave an impassioned speech on the duty of nations and rights of refugees, at the Annual Sergio Vieira de Mello Memorial Lecture Angelina Jolie denounced nationalism in an address to the U.N. pic.twitter.com/OsSLW0TxhT — AJ+ (@ajplus)…
Three months after the Pathankot terror attack forced postponement of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, Islamabad’s envoy Abdul Basit Thursday said the comprehensive bilateral dialogue process has been “suspended”. He also said “cooperation” is key to the investigation, and not…
The FT, eviscerates Donald Trump It would be a global disaster if Mr Trump were to become president. Even if he fails, he has rendered the unthinkable sayable. Mr Trump is a promoter of paranoid fantasies, a xenophobe and an ignoramus. His…
I write for the DNA, 13th of January Amidst all the international attention on the Paris shootings, and Charlie Hebdo – much of the world missed out the increasingly violent conflict between Boko Haram, the Nigerian extreme Islamist group, and the Nigerian…
My blog on Charlie Hebdo shootings, in DNA on 8th January 2015 Is the price of offending nutcases, death? How far do you hold your silence? Who all are you supposed to be scared of? Can you really blaspheme against a religion you…
My edit piece for Lokmat Times, on Women’s Day 8th March. International Women’s Day. It is a tradition that dates back almost a century earlier, when women were fighting for basic rights. Until then, even in the West, women were considered to…
My column in today’s DNA This is an old story that exists in many cultures in slightly varying forms. And, despite its folksy nature, it still holds lessons for today – be it in interpersonal conduct or in international relations. Once upon…