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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Friday, September 01, 2023

In Chandrayaan-3 success, lessons for the media, and for developmental policy

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on August 24, 2023 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/08/24/in-chandrayaan-3-success-lessons-for-...

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Sunday, July 23, 2023

Stories Big Media missed: Sexual assault in Manipur and, as always, climate reporting

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This column in Newslaundry was published a week before the ghastly video went viral of Kuki women being stripped, paraded naked, groped and ...

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Dear ‘national’ media, stories on Assam floods must go beyond the ‘mighty Brahmaputra’ or the rhino

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Broken News It was the one-horned rhino that finally woke us up to the devastation caused by floods in Assam. Wh...

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Out in the open

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 12, 2014 Absence of sanitation facilities for women during disasters enhances their vulne...

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Is our neighbour's tragedy not our own?

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So why did the Indian media choose to ignore a huge human tragedy which, by virtue of its proportions, has to be considered “breaking new...

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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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