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, November 28, 2010

Unsafe for women?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 28, 2010 THE OTHER HALF KALPANA SHARMA Improvements in infrastructure should make cities safer for w...
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Why public toilets get clogged

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The best-designed plans for the building and maintenance of public toilets in India seem to come undone. But the argument that the pay-p...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Contradictions and confusion cloud rape laws. The result is miscarriage of justice

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My piece in Tehelka on November 20, 2010 The legal system needs a major overhaul if rapists are to be brought to book IN EARLY  October,...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Questions we did not ask

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 14, 2010 THE OTHER HALF KALPANA SHARMA Even as we arrive as a super power, are we leaving other Indi...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

After the hysteria

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The Hoot Second Take By Kalpana Sharma Namaste Obama, So Long Obama.   And now, for the rest of the news.   For three days, news died ...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Judges, judgments and women's rights

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 31, 2010 THE OTHER HALF KALPANA SHARMA When it comes to women's issues and the law, the courts ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Conflicting interests: After FIFA and the Commonwealth Games

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The questions being asked in South Africa after the FIFA World Cup are similar to those raised in India before, during and after the Comm...
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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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