Harini Calamur's Writings
The World of News
This appeared in the FPJ in March 2023 Creative Fakes Last week the world smiled affectionately at pictures of two former heads of states meeting for a stroll at the beach, and having a relaxed day out. Pictures of President Barack Obama,…
The Shraddha Murder case, is amongst the saddest stories that one can read. A young woman full of life was murdered by her violent partner – Aftab Poonawalla. After killing her he chopped her body up into 36 pieces, bought a large…
One of my fondest childhood memories was going with dad to his office. He used to work at Nariman Point, and he would take us there – usually on a Saturday – to give mom some me time. This is an era…
We are prone to fake news. Even the most suspicious and paranoid among us. I write about this in FPJ. Last week, French Scientist Étienne Klein posted a photograph on twitter, that made most gasp in awe and wonder. It was a…
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…
I wrote this piece on media polarisation and the role that anchors play, and why trust in the media is at an all time low, for the FPJ In the last two years, since the lockdown began, most of us have become…
this appeared in the FPJ on the 13th of December Last week, Maria Ressa, from Phillipines, and Dmitry Muratov, from Russia, accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Nobel committee said “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a…
This appeared in the FPJ on April 19th 2001 A scan of the news channels, a glance at an Indian timeline on Twitter, a glimpse at the newspaper, will confirm just one thing. COVID is back, and this time it is worse…
This article appeared in the FPJ on 22nd February, 2021 Big Tech has grown to an extent where it can challenge the authority and might of the Nation State. And this power derivers from their monopoly control over our data sets arising…
This appeared in the FPJ, on the 15th of February As Twitter faces off with the Indian Government, it forms an interesting precedence for the way social media platforms interact in countries, and societies – and brings into question the role of…