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 27, 2011

De-iconising Anna

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The Hoot, November 27, 2011 Media makes personalities. It also breaks them. These last two weeks have been an illustration of how t...

Another battle won

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 27, 2011 + The Hindu Equal at last... Photo: V. Sudershan The Supreme Court cle...

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Are we not pretty anymore?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 13, 2011 http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Kalpana_Sharma/article2621378.ece AP A...

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Skewed health coverage

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The Hoot The health of the Indian media is supposedly robust but the state of healthcare coverage in the Indian media is almost comatos...

Women and the Arab Spring

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 30, 2011 The cusp of change: Exercising the choice democracy brings. Photo: AP As change ...

Monday, October 17, 2011

Citizens, not 'naukranis'

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 16, 2011 Domestic workers are not servants, they have a right to fair wages and working c...

Sunday, October 02, 2011

Beating violence, not men

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 2, 2011 http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Kalpana_Sharma/article2503137.ece Violen...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Bucking the trend?

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The Hoot, September 22, 2011 http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?storyid=5514&mod=1&pg=1&sectionId=10&valid=true ...

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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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