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, December 27, 2009

Will anything change in 2010?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, December 27, 2009 Can we look forward to development in 2010 that will not make the poor in the country poorer? ...
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, December 13, 2009

An aniversary of violence

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, December 13, 2009 THE OTHER HALF December 6, 1992 will not be forgotten for a long time. Even if the memory of t...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Bhopal's night of terror

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 29, 2009 THE OTHER HALF Twenty-five years after the Bhopal Gas Disaster, justice still eludes the victi...
Saturday, November 28, 2009

26/11 and all that anger

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The little girl selling candles outside the Taj Mahal hotel was having the best time on November 26. No one quibbled when she asked for ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Message for Copenhagen

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 15, 2009 THE OTHER HALF The environment ultimately is about people and this must drive the negotiations...
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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Making war over love

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 1, 2009 THE OTHER HALF Propaganda wars, such as the recent rumour about the “Love Jehad”, unde...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Fighting urban fires

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Cityscapes column on InfoChange India News & Features By Kalpana Sharma The urban poor do not worry about earthquakes or floods as much ...
Monday, October 05, 2009

A different politics

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 4, 2009 THE OTHER HALF KALPANA SHARMA Women in Kavthepiran, a village in western Maharashtra, show how i...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Invisible people

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, September 20, 2009 THE OTHER HALF Unappreciated work: A still from the documentary “At my doorstep”. Every morni...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Uma's world

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T his morning, as I made my way down the hill where I live, I passed by the family of ragpickers that live on the road. The mother, her two...
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The truth about Ishrat Jahan

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Now that the police team in Gujarat has established that Ishrat Jahan, the suspected "terrorist" was gunned down by the Gujarat po...
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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Reservation works

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, September 6, 2009 THE OTHER HALF Photo: Sandeep Saxena Against tremendous odds: A delegation of Women Panchayat ...
Saturday, September 05, 2009

A Reprieve for Dharavi

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A reprieve for Dharavi Cityscapes (Column posted on InfoChange India News&Features) Urban planners have proposed alternative ap...
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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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