Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
Dear M.J.Akbar you are one of the most erudite, well-informed, knowledgeable, well read people in Indian journalism. So how does a magazine that you edit, put out stuff like this you need to tell whoever wrote that headline that all Christians are not…
Someone has either a fantastic sense of humour or oversight 😀 am so glad that i have given up watching news TV – what verbal diarrhoea, what speculation, and what fiction… and, this isn’t an anti -NDTV rant. in fact it was…
If you belonged to a certain generation, as I do, this was possibly the song you danced to, in college. British Band ‘Right Said Fred’ having a bit of fun with “I am too sexy” … Someone at the Times of India…
Times of India has linked back to this blog. in a section called ‘women molested’ *face palm* and, it links back to this page on the ToI Website I must appreciate the Time’s of India’s ability to get all searchers…
But thats become the big question thats derailed the bills progress in the House. Congressmen and women have tacitly admitted that they dont understand how the Internet works, and Internet experts have argued that the nations lawmakers dont understand how the Hollywood-supported…
I was so inspired by all those who wanted to ‘save’ women by ‘covering them up’ that I decided to apply that logic to other issues. The result is today’s DNA column. Open any newspaper and you will see small news items…
My column in Today’s DNA The 1976 Hollywood film Network gave the world one of the most fascinating characters in celluloid. Howard Beale, an Oscar winning role for actor Peter Finch, is a news anchor for a national news programme. Fired because…
The last post on the blog created quite a ruckus. Didn’t expect it to get so many views or be talked about so much. FirstPost.in had its top featured story on it – and with an extensive quote from this blog ….
Mr.Sibal, Union Minister for IT and Communications, was quoted on two very interesting points by First Post a) Though the reach of social media is large, number who use it are limited. We are only getting an elitist viewpoint b) We want…
Mr.Sibal, Union Minister for IT and Communications, was quoted on two very interesting points by First Post a) Though the reach of social media is large, number who use it are limited. We are only getting an elitist viewpoint b) We…