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, April 18, 2010

Uninformed Consent

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Kalpana_Sharma/The-Other-Half-Uninformed-consent/article16123576.ece The Hindu, Sunday Magazine,...

Sunday, April 04, 2010

Missing: 42.7 million women

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, April 4, 2010 THE OTHER HALF Lack of access to healthcare, malnutrition and selective abortion — all these have ...

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Thank you, Mulayam Singh Yadav

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 21, 2010 THE OTHER HALF Thank you, Mulayam Singh Yadav KALPANA SHARMA Many have expressed their opposition...

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Monday, March 15, 2010

Folly on private wheels

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Opinion page, DNA, March 15, 2010 In Mumbai, you cannot travel on top of a train any more. Western Railways has decided that it will not ru...

Sunday, March 07, 2010

What's in a name?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 7, 2010 THE OTHER HALF Last month, divorced women in India must have been startled to read a news item in ...

Sunday, February 21, 2010

My name is India

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Feb 21, 2010 The other half My name is India F or those of us who are diehard Mumbaikars, February is a month we...

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Anything learned from 26/11?

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For 15 months, India was spared terror strikes. All that changed on the night of February 13, when a bomb was planted in Pune’s popular ...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Of marriages and money

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Feb 7, 2010 THE OTHER HALF Indian weddings have become a cliché, an occasion to display wealth and money. Where ...

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Educating India

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Jan 24, 2010 The Other Half The Annual Status of Education Report, 2009, is out… pointing out yet again that wha...

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

You talkin' to me?

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Indian Express Op-ed, January 23, 2010 They did not ask for it. But Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has given Bal Thackeray and his ...

Sunday, January 10, 2010

A water-less future

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, January 10, 2009 Water wars are not a figment of sci-fi imagination. Access to water will define the gap between...

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? ...

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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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