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.

Friday, December 27, 2013

Why not Aam Aurat Party?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, December 22, 2013 Photo: Akhilesh Kumar Even as Arvind Kejriwal cogitated about whether he should acce...
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Sunday, December 08, 2013

Voice of sanity

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, December 8, 2013 The Hindu Palestinian author Suad Amiry. Photo: Meeta Ahlawat   This has been quit...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

It's not only about Tehelka

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The incident reflects on the state of the Indian media as a whole and its attitude towards sexual harassment at the workplace a...

Another kind of violence

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This column was written two days before the Tarun Tejpal issue broke and took over all discussion on sexual assault and harassment.  To rea...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Falling through the cracks

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   The Hindu An adolescent girl peeps through a makeshift hut. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury Adolescent girls are particu...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Banking on women

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Oct 27, 2013 The Hindu An all-women bank in Ahmedabad. Photo: Paul Noronha The Hindu SBI Chairp...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

A toilet meter?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Oct 13, 2013    At the panchayat and municipal level, toilet talk is an important issue. Photo: N. ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

The politics of violence

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, September 29, 2013    PTI Riot-affected women and children at a makeshift camp in Muzaffarnagar. ...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Let’s talk about men

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Sept 15, 2013    The Hindu Documentary film-makers (from left): Sanjay Kak, Rahul Roy, Amar Kanwar,...
Sunday, September 01, 2013

Salute the survivor

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, September 1, 2013    Photo: AP While the young journalist’s attitude to not see the assault ...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Think beyond the rape

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This piece was written in January 2013 soon after the Delhi gang rape.  Now that we have something to report from Mumbai of a similar ...
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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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