Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
My Column in Today’s DNA This week’s unintentional political humour came from Mr.Kapil Sibal, the honourable Union Minister in charge of two vital Ministries – Communications & Information Technology and Human Resources Development. The first ministry – Communications and Information Technology –…
Dear Economic Times You are, allegedly, a ‘respected business newspaper’. So, i am kind of surprised, though I shouldn’t be considering your parentage, that you didn’t know – that transfer pricing is a shady practise that is considered illegal attracts penalties in…
This from the NYT today The Indian government has asked Internet companies and social media sites like Facebook to prescreen user content from India and to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content before it goes online, three executives in the information technology…
The DNA column, and yours truly, got quoted in the NYT, India Ink section Since the Mumbai attacks, India has suffered numerous terrorism-related incidents, including but not limited to: a September 2009 car bombing in Kashmir; attacks in Maoist rebel-controlled areas in May…
This appeared in the DNA as what next for team Anna ..a team that seems to be drowning under the weight of its own publicity .. The last fortnight has been an interesting time for Team Anna. A series of incidents…
My column in today’s DNA: If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is around to have heard it fall, does it make a sound?’ is an old philosophical question on which there has been much heated argument over the…
My column in Today’s DNA Odisha. Sikkim. Andhra Pradesh. Manipur. Natural disasters struck the first two states. Floods in Odisha impacted 2.2 million Indian citizens. People lost lives. Property was destroyed. Development washed away. Sikkim suffered an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the…
…. for new audiences and a strong base for extending copyright for the next 100 or so years. Fantastically brilliant. What do you do, as a company and a product category – monthly comics – , when you have characters older…
So Pakistan Published an Ad on 9/11. In the WSJ. The trouble with laughing so much that your stomach hurts, is that there is no time to feel outrage 😀 And, then given that it is the net and there is a…
Wikileaks is in the news again. Last Week, Julian Assange threw a hissy fit, and made all the remaining files available freely via his site. Unlike the last time, the cables ‘outed’ this time did not censor the information to hide the…