Harini Calamur's Writings
My column in today’s DNA In the vast ocean that is the World Wide Web, is a site called Maps4aid.com. It is a crowdsourcing project that meticulously documents violence against women and children in India. Spending a fraction of an hour on…
Last week, Foreign Direct Investment in retail came up for debate and vote in Parliament.It was an opportunity to hear the views for and against the proposed plan. After many sessions of lost Parliamentary hours, it was great to hear politicians state their views for and…
My blog for Tehelka, last week It is impossible to look at 26/11 and not discuss the role of the Media – especially TV news channels. As important as discussing the role of broadcast news, is also to ask if they…
My column in today’s DNA In the recent past, the issue of free speech and expression has come to the fore in India. Censorship has been creeping up slowly but surely. It seems that institutions and groups are ganging up to…
My last week’s post on the Tehelka blog platform, on the anniversary of 26/11 40 years ago, the Federal Republic of Germany hosted the Munich Olympics. Athletes and sportsmen from all over had come to represent their Nations and win glory for…
My column in today’s DNA The UK is in the throes of a major scandal involving a child sex abuse ring and the attempts of the establishment to cover it up for over four decades. At the centre of the ring is…
from this week i begin blogging on Tehelkablog …. the first of these is on the social media war between the Hamas and the Israel Defense Force (IDF) The Middle East crisis is as old as history. Different people, different kingdoms, different…
Our film Jhing Chik Jhing plays at the National Archives in Pune, a part of the Reflections retrospective that looks at marginalised kids world over
My column in today’s DNA Dominant narrative is a set of values, practises and norms that most in that society believe to be true and important. It is ideology that shapes the telling of history, the creation of heroes, and the…