Harini Calamur's Writings
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…
Cobra Post Media for Sale sting brought up some interesting, and entertaining videos. I am sure anyone who began watching it, saw it through with fascination. And, while many may outrage about the lack of ethics in the media, and others may…
Collateral on Netflix, is a taut tight thriller, that is at the intersection of three organisations linked to the murder of a pizza delivery boy in London. it is based around the frissions between important people in , what Marx would term,…
My column in the DNA on October 16th 2014 “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.” This…
My column in the DNA, last fortnight Forty five years ago, the United States of America, did the unthinkable — it put a man, actually two men, on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went into the history books as the…
My blog in last week’s Tehelka This is a folk tale/parable based around the characters of the Mahabharata. I am not quite sure if it forms part of the main body of work comprising the Epic, or if it is a localised…
This is a story from the Mahabharata, that like many from from that epic , this too has lessons for the modern age. Dronacharya the guru to the Kuru Princes – the 100 Kauravas and the 5 Pandavas – and assorted nobility…
My column in today’s DNA The cornerstone of a free market economy is competition – many suppliers who compete against each other for the attention and custom of the consumer. For the buyer there is a diversity of products to choose from,…
The column in today’s DNA The TV business, explained a very senior member of the fraternity over a decade ago, is like fire. It needs to be constantly fed with more – more shows, more content, and more money. And, the more…
After almost 3.5 years I turned on my parents’ TV set today to watch Aamir Khan’s show Satyameva Jayate. I must confess upfront that i am not an Aamir fan – i find his films terribly self indulgent, I find his…