Harini Calamur's Writings
Fringe Rightwing groups calling for economic boycott of minorities is amped up during elections. I wrote about this in the FPJ on April 6th 2022 In recent weeks, right-wing groups in states gearing up for elections, such as Karnataka, have been on…
a month after Russia invaded Ukraine, my column on the need to relook at Non-Alignment appeared in the FPJ on the 22nd of March Just over 4 weeks ago, the Russians invaded Ukraine. What was meant to be an easy victory, has…
I mostly shop online. My groceries, my monthly supplies, my clothes, my toiletries, my furniture, my electronics, my impulse buys. It gives me the convenience and choice that physical shopping does not. Like many lakhs of people, I went in to shop…
I write on the retail revolution that is going unseen … the small shop goes online. Last week, I bought a bottle of water from a small shop in the middle of nowhere. As has been the case in the post-pandemic period,…
I wrote this piece for the FPJ, on the Western Mask of Civilisation, and equality, that slipped. Just a shade over 2 weeks ago, Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces invaded Ukraine, and the world as we know it changed. Still reeling from the…
I write about disinformation that permeates Ukraine Russia war reportage, for the FPJ Among the more tragic, yet uplifting, stories to come out of the Ukraine War, was the one on the soldiers of Snake Island. Carried by major, reputed, Western news…
i write on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and look at the implications for India, in FPJ Ukraine would have celebrated its 21st birthday, later this year in August, as an independent country. Its birth as an independent nation took was enabled…
I wrote this piece on media polarisation and the role that anchors play, and why trust in the media is at an all time low, for the FPJ In the last two years, since the lockdown began, most of us have become…
The Hijab has become the center of a politico-cultural storm in Karnataka. I write for the FPJ on the right to choose A few days after Republic Day, where we celebrate our rights, we are seeing the sight of young Muslim women…
rising unemployment amongst the young educated is a problem, and it is spilling onto the streets as violence. I write for the FPJ on how rising unemployment is the threat within. Last week, there were three days of public violence in Bihar…