Harini Calamur's Writings
Image from here. The New York Times today released the report of it’s 2020 group that studied how the organisation needs to move forward in a turbulent digital era. As the previous reports from the NYT, this too was very illuminating (especially…
Brokering News Brokering News is a documentary on the Paid News in India. The phenomenon has spread far and wide and permeates every aspect of news in India. For most of us working in the media, the story of paid news is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sita born of the earth, beloved daughter of Janaka – the name Janaki comes from there – princess of Videha (Vaidehi), wife of Rama, coveted by Ravana, Mother to Luv Kush. Abandoned wife. There are lots of ways of describing Sita. But,…
As a media professional and a media watcher – i can’t help but be deeply disappointed & disillusioned by the conduct of the media over the last 5+ years. It is almost as though they have collectively sold out. that disillusionment became anger with…