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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Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Irom Sharmila: Woman who will not bend

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March 2, 2016 The news this morning that Irom Sharmila, that indefatigable campaigner against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)...

Monday, January 11, 2016

Unheard voices

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Jan 10, 2016 in Share A note to my readers: After a run of 22 years in The Hindu (and before t...

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Another India, another protest

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, August 21, 2011 Lone battle: Irom Sharmila, force-fed and kept alive by the State. Photo: The Hindu Photo Lib...

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Irom Sharmila's 10-year-fast is ignored

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DNA, December 14, 2009 “Isn't it ironic and smacks of the Centre's double standards? One person in AP fasts for ten days and Centr...

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Disturbed in Manipur

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 22, 2009 THE OTHER HALF The votes from Manipur in distant northeastern India might not determine whi...

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Steel magnolias in Manipur

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Irom Sharmila joins the Meira Paibi in Imphal, Manipur on March 7, 2009 C urfew is a hated six-letter word not just in Srinagar. It has bee...

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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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