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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Monday, January 05, 2026

TV media sinks lower as independent media offers glimmer of hope in 2025

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Broken News 2025 in Review Published in Newslaundry on December 22, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/12/22/tv-media-sinks-lower...

Monday, December 08, 2025

When media ‘solves’ terror cases, Kashmiris are collateral damage

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on November 27, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/11/27/when-media-solves-terror-cases-kash...

Sunday, November 23, 2025

From one WhatsApp to every frontpage: How ‘sources’ dictated the Delhi blast coverage

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Broken News Published in Newslaundry on November 13, 2025 Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2025/11/13/from-one-whatsapp-to-every-frontpage-...

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...

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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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