Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in the FPJ on the 9th of October As the turmoil around the farmer agitation goes up by another notch, there seems to be a disconnect between the Old Guard and the New. And this revolves around the nature of…
i wrote this on the 18th of September 2021 As the world locked down last year in the face of the COVID-19 virus, millions of children were sent home from school. And, at home they stayed for 18 months – trying to…
i wrote this for the FPJ on the 11th of September For many of us, the religion we were born into, is a matter of spiritual solace, religious expression, and community participation. Most of us run our everyday lives without too much…
I wrote this after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, for the FPJ, on 30th August 2021 On the 15th of August 2021, as India marked its 74th Independence Day, Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. Like the British Empire almost 75 years ago,…
I wrote this after Kabul fell to the Taliban, for the FPJ on 23rd of August 2021 The Taliban is back in Afghanistan. With their signature brutality, sadism, and hate for all others not like them. Twenty years ago, the American state…
I write on the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, for the FPJ, on the 16th of August 2021 “At the stroke of midnight, as the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom” …every child of a certain generation was brought up…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 9th of August 2021 The role of social media in spreading vaccine hesitancy cannot be understated. Scholars and experts blame social platforms for increasing anxiety, sleep disorders, and vaccine hesitancy. And, despite multiple outbreaks, these…
I wrote about the Indian Economy’s midlife crisis, in the FPJ on the 26th of July 2021 On July 24th, 1991, Dr Manmohan Singh presented the Union Government’s budget to parliament. India was at a political and economic crossroads. In the months…
This piece appeared after the murder of journalist Danish Siddiqui, by the Taliban. FPJ 19th July 2021 Last week, Indian journalism lost one its most honest practitioners. Danish Siddiqui’s whose photographs captured the extent of trauma caused by the second wave of…
I wrote about Global Warming and Factory Farming, and the problems of sustaining the demand for meat, for the FPJ on the 12th of July 2021 Last month temperatures across the world spiked. “Heat wave” screamed the headlines. In parts of Northern…