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.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Be it NEET or Ayodhya, BJP’s accountability problem is getting harder to hide. Media must keep asking

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on July 9, 2026 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/07/09/be-it-neet-or-ayodhya-bjps-accountability-...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Documenting the Pandemic

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Book review in The India Forum Published on June 23, 2026  Link: https://www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/documenting-pandemic Documenting ...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Mainstream media is losing a generation. Cockroach Janta Party is merely a symptom

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  Broken News Published in Newslaundry on June 11, 2026 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/06/11/mainstream-media-is-losing-a-generation...
Thursday, June 04, 2026

‘Let them drink water’: Media is burying the corporate plunder driving our climate crisis

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on May 28, 2026 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/05/28/let-them-drink-water-media-is-burying-the-...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Press freedom index puts focus on newsrooms telling India’s hardest stories

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  Broken News Published in Newslaundry on May 7, 2026 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/05/07/press-freedom-index-puts-focus-on-newsroo...

India’s media problem in 2 headlines: ‘Anti-women’ opposition, ‘mastermind’ Nida Khan

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on April 23, 2026 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/04/23/indias-media-problem-in-2-headlines-anti...
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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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