Harini Calamur's Writings
i wrote this, for the dna on the 5th of Feb In the last 10 days, two very different incidents have taken place that have serious implications on freedom. The first is the hounding of Shireen Dalvi, the editor of the Mumbai…
I look at media centres and media peripheries, in this article in the DNA. What makes certain events more important than others? Let us look at the difference in response to the killings of journalists from Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the killings…
I write for the @Dna on the 14th of January I am not Perumal Murugan, but I very well could be. So could you or anyone else, who run afoul of a tiny, vocal, rabid fringe that thinks nothing about hounding people…
I write for the DNA, 13th of January Amidst all the international attention on the Paris shootings, and Charlie Hebdo – much of the world missed out the increasingly violent conflict between Boko Haram, the Nigerian extreme Islamist group, and the Nigerian…
My blog on Charlie Hebdo shootings, in DNA on 8th January 2015 Is the price of offending nutcases, death? How far do you hold your silence? Who all are you supposed to be scared of? Can you really blaspheme against a religion you…
My column in the DNA on the 29th of December, It is that time of the year when publicity hungry groups go chasing movies they want to ban. Two years ago, it was those who wanted Vishwaroopam to be bannedbecause it affected their sensibility…
First published in the @DNA The Indian National Congress celebrated Foundation Day on Sunday. 130 years ago, the first session of the party was held in Mumbai. In these 130 years, the Congress has fought many battles – lost some, won some…
The Amnesty US report on the IS’ war crimes – for the DNA on 27th December AFP The Amnesty USA Report on “Torture and Sexual Slavery in Islamic State captivity in Iraq” makes for difficult and brutal reading. Amnesty spoke to some of the…
Looking back at 2014 – in @Dna Tectonic political shifts, space exploration and global terrorism mark the year Getty Images Even before it began, 2014 had a special place in history. It is the 100th year after the war to end all wars,…
I write for the print edition of @dna on the 11th of December The first step to tackling crime against women calls for radical attitudinal changes One more December and one more rapein the nation’s capital that has made women across the…