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    Column: Legalised Lawlessness and the British Empire

    October 29, 2022 by calamur
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    Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, narrated by Stephen Fry

    January 8, 2022 by calamur
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    Film Review: Soul by Pixar – a balm for weary souls

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    Book Review: Bhima the Lone Warrior

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    Review: Star Trek Picard

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    Book Review : Predators and Prey by Abhinav Agarwal

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    On Reading – From being a Lapsed reader to Starting to Read Regularly Again

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Cross Cultural Communication Cockups

April 6, 2004 by

I am a member of a network board – where an Indian described the Chinese Government as Chinks and the Japanese Government as Japs. Caused a bit of furore with some of the more politically correct bandwagon who descended on him and…

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Money can’t buy you love

February 14, 2004 by

Or can it. there are heart’s in the air. there are roses everywhere. everyone is getting a card, or an sms or a something wishing them a happy valentines’ day This year Indians are spending close to 2500 Crores just this month…

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The right to cheat.

February 5, 2004 by

Imagine a scene in a film. A chorus of angry voices. making demands. sounds like a political protests. The camera tracks past a red brick building almost in search of the voices. It moves past a shaded area of the compound revealing…

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Hyper Masculanized Religion

January 21, 2004 by

I read this amazing article in Outlook. Author C.M.Naim talks about how Islam was amuch a part of his life while he was growing up. And how it was kind, gentle, non-demanding and non-intrusive. And he talks about how he “learnt” his…

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High Moral Quicksand

January 4, 2004 by

There was this article on new year’s day that i read while i was at the hospital. If dad had seen it his heart would have probably hit 500. It was about a retired professor called John Itty, from somewhere in the…

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I talk English, I walk English

November 6, 2003 by

There was a famous Amitabh Bachchan film called Namak Halal. His character plays a prince hidden away in the village brought up as a country bumkin with a heart of gold. He comes to the big bad city – Mumbai where else,…

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Idiot culture

October 6, 2003 by

I was setting a paper for my students on culture, and i came across a brilliant quote by Bernstein – him of the Watergate fame – “We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not…

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sms as language

September 12, 2003 by

today a student submitted her culture and communiction essay. all key points were in sms. a) if i flunk her, i devalue the course. b) if i grade her with good marks the university will get its knickers in a twist. ah…

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Cultural Hell

August 3, 2003 by

A cultural hell is a place that has been designed by “creative” people for other “creative” people. where we will hear whiffs of “post modern” and “neo freudian” and “hegelian dialectic” and the adamsian paradox – but not much else. yesterday i…

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Harini Calamur –  works at the intersection of digital content, technology, and audiences. I write mainly on Economics, Development, Politics, Media bias, Science Communication, and review the content that I consume

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