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.

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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-...

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Remember Kathua

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I am posting this on my blog. It says what I feel with all that's going on. And I wrote it although it is an editorial in the Economi...

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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Media in the Modi era: How did India’s watchdog press become so docile?

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Published on Scroll.in on June 16, 2017 India is talking about the 1975 Emergency again even as its 42nd anniversary, on June 25, hove...

Saturday, May 21, 2016

'Important for intellectuals to take sides': Academic Hiren Gohain on why the BJP is bad for Assam

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This interview was done before the Assam election results were out. May 7, 2016 The Sahitya Akademi award winner feels the party has ...

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Wooing women

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 16, 2014 The Hindu Photo: V. Raju The election season is upon us. The weather wanes are alread...

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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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