ulti khopdi

This blog is written by a journalist based in Mumbai who writes about cities, the environment, developmental issues, the media, women and many other subjects.The title 'ulti khopdi' is a Hindi phrase referring to someone who likes to look at things from the other side.

Monday, October 27, 2025

Taliban’s male-only presser: How media failed to fact-check Afghan minister’s pro-woman claims

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Broken News Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/10/16/talibans-male-only-presser-how-media-failed-to-fact-check-afghan-ministers-pro-woma...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel to Kunal Kamra: Trump’s US follows a familiar playbook from Modi’s India

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  Broken News Published in Newslaundry on September 25, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/09/25/jimmy-kimmel-to-kunal-kamra-trumps...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Media spotlights leaders, but misses stories of those affected by their decisions

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on September 11, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/09/11/media-spotlights-leaders-but-misses-...
Saturday, September 06, 2025

Bihar’s silenced voters, India’s gagged press: The twin threats to Indian democracy

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  Broken News Published in Newslaundry on August 28, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/28/bihars-silenced-voters-indias-gagged-...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

In media reports on a wall collapse in Mumbai, evidence that the lives of the poor don’t matter

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  If a poor person dies during what is deemed a natural disaster, they become a statistic, nothing more. Published in Scroll.in on August 22...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Independence Day is a reminder to ask the questions EC isn’t answering

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on August 13, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/13/independence-day-a-reminder-to-ask-the-...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

2006 Mumbai blasts are a stark reminder of glaring gaps in terror reportage

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on July 22, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/07/22/2006-mumbai-blasts-are-a-stark-reminder-o...
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Kalpana Sharma
Journalist, columnist, writer based in Mumbai. Worked with Himmat Weekly, Indian Express, Times of India and The Hindu. Was also Consulting Editor, Economic and Political Weekly, and Readers Editor, Scroll.in Currently writes a fortnightly column, Broken News, in Newslaundry.com Author of "Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's largest slum" (Penguin, 2000). Other books include "Whose News? The Media and Women's Issues" edited with Ammu Joseph (published by Sage 1994/2006), "Terror Counter-Terror: Women Speak Out" edited with Ammu Joesph (published by Kali for Women, 2003). Editor of "Missing: Half the Story, Journalism as if Gender Matters" (published by Zubaan, 2010) and "Single by Choice: Happily Unmarried Women (published by Women Unlimited, 2019). "The Silence and the Storm: Narratives of Violence against Women in India" (published by Aleph,2019)
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