Harini Calamur's Writings
This appeared in FPJ on the 24th of May After a year of COVID, there seemed to be the first glimmer of hope around February- March this year. things seemed to be looking up. We were reading about cases dropping, people recovering….
This appeared in FPJ on the 17th of May How many Indians have died due to this wave of COVID? The answer is no one knows. Government data does not reconcile with what we know when we look around us; there is…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 10th of May TS Elliot wrote about April being the cruellest month. For many Indians, this has come true, as predictions of having defeated COVID-19 unravelled. We have reeled under the onslaught of a COVID…
This appeared in the FPJ, on the 3rd of May Since the middle of April, India has been in the grip of the second wave of the Corona Virus. A variant that is more virulent, more infectious, and that is overwhelming the…
This appeared on the 26th of April, 2021 In the last 5 days I have offered more condolences to people, than I have done in my entire life. There is no family that I know, that is not impacted. A friend wrote…
This appeared in the FPJ on April 19th 2001 A scan of the news channels, a glance at an Indian timeline on Twitter, a glimpse at the newspaper, will confirm just one thing. COVID is back, and this time it is worse…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 12th of April A 100 million vaccinations done. Over a ten million of these were the second vaccination. India’s doctors, nurses, public health administrators and others have done a stellar job in kickstarting the vaccination…
This appeared in FPJ on the 5th of April 2021 Every year, since 2006, the World Economic Forum has been minutely analysing gender gaps and releasing reports. It looks at gender equality on 4 major parameters –Economic, Educational, Political Participation, and Health…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 29th of March, 2021 Last week, a ship got stuck in a canal, and brought international trade to a gridlocked traffic jam. The ship called “Ever Given’ is a 400-metre container ship, that was transporting…
This appeared in the FPJ on the 22nd of March, 2021 Last week, two stories went relatively unnoticed. The first was Manipal Institute being declared a containment zone, after 50+ cases of COVID were detected. The second was over 100 students in…