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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
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    Review: Star Trek Picard

    April 13, 2020 by calamur
  • Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal
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    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
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    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
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    Book Review : India Connected

    November 9, 2018 by calamur

Category: Digital

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Who Owns the Truth? The Neo-Colonialism of Big Tech
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Who Owns the Truth? The Neo-Colonialism of Big Tech

May 24, 2025 by calamur

“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…

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The Unbearable Risk of Misinformation
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The Unbearable Risk of Misinformation

March 6, 2024 by calamur

This year, as the rich and powerful, the famous and influential, gather at Davos, the world seems in an even more precarious position than ever before. If last year saw the war in Europe – as Russia invaded Ukraine – this year…

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Column – The Tizzy over Free Speech on Twitter
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Column – The Tizzy over Free Speech on Twitter

April 22, 2023 by calamur

Elon Musk bought Twitter a month ago, and ever since that incident, it seems like a free for all slugfest. Musk conducted public polls to restore the accounts of many, including former US President Donald Trump, American Rapper Kayne West, Canadian Psychologist…

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Column: The Billionaire and the Bird – Will Musk save Twitter?
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Column: The Billionaire and the Bird – Will Musk save Twitter?

November 20, 2022 by calamur

This appeared in the FPJ on the 5th of November. And, this column like many others, appears dated in a fortnight – as the hellsite goes through multiple shocks to its system. $44 billion. The price to buy the blue bird, that…

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Twitter Layoffs – the Ugly face of Oligarchy
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Twitter Layoffs – the Ugly face of Oligarchy

November 4, 2022 by calamur

Layoffs are a part of life – it doesn’t matter if you are in a Capitalist setup, a communist setup, or some combination of the two. There is a point beyond which it is not feasible to keep employees on the payroll,…

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Column: Broken News, Broken Business Models
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Column: Broken News, Broken Business Models

October 29, 2022 by calamur

The news business models are broken. What remains are platforms that are trying to create strife to keep people watching. I write in the FPJ on this phenomenon Towards the end of May, on a televised live debate on a leading news…

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Column :  The Attention Economy Shrinks for Big Tech (and everyone else)
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Column : The Attention Economy Shrinks for Big Tech (and everyone else)

October 29, 2022 by calamur

The Attention Economy is based around monetising our attention and engagement. But, we the user, are getting increasingly distracted. I write for the FPJ on the 28th of April Way back, in the early days of the internet, the technology landscape was…

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Tokenization : Too much, too soon?
Digital 

Tokenization : Too much, too soon?

October 28, 2022 by calamur

I mostly shop online. My groceries, my monthly supplies, my clothes, my toiletries, my furniture, my electronics, my impulse buys. It gives me the convenience and choice that physical shopping does not. Like many lakhs of people, I went in to shop…

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Column: Regulating Facebook – the Time has Come
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Column: Regulating Facebook – the Time has Come

January 1, 2022 by calamur

Facebook’s control on data is worrying, and it is time regulators began talking of breaking up the conglomerate. I write for FPJ on the 17th of October. Facebook owned Instagram lures in teenagers, plays with their mind, and leads them down a…

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Column:   The Anti-Social Tendencies of social media
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Column: The Anti-Social Tendencies of social media

January 1, 2022 by calamur

This appeared in the FPJ on the 9th of August 2021 The role of social media in spreading vaccine hesitancy cannot be understated. Scholars and experts blame social platforms for increasing anxiety, sleep disorders, and vaccine hesitancy. And, despite multiple outbreaks, these…

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About Me

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

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