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, August 31, 2014

Devil in the detail

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, August 31, 2014 The Hindu Students express solidarity. Photo: Kiran Bakale Crimes against women have...
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Invisible women

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, August 17, 2014 At a garment factory. Photo: K. Pichumani Should women ‘work’ after they get ...
Sunday, August 03, 2014

Boy, girl or super athlete?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, August 3, 2014 The Hindu Dutee Chand. Photo: K. Murali Kumar Our sport authorities need to be...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

In the war zone

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, July 20, 2014 in Share AFP Children flee from the war zone. Photo: AFP     There ...
Sunday, July 06, 2014

Kicking out sexism

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, July 6, 2014 in Share The Hindu Mumbra girls at a practice session. They weep, they scre...
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

That R word again!

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The Hoot SECOND TAKE Kalpana Sharma Every day, reporters routinely file thousands of words of copy and only a f...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Going after the green

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, June 22, 2014 Pocket of rich biodiversity.Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury Crimes against women have b...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

#casteprice

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, June 8, 2014 PTI Relatives of the Badaun victims. We have run out of words. How does one express out...
Monday, May 26, 2014

What should we expect?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, May 25, 2014 Photo: The Hindu photo archives The shouting is over. The voters have voted. India has a ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Don’t let it die

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, May 11, 2014 The Hindu Young girls walk past a market area in Delhi. When the election noise subsides...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Rhetoric of hate

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, April 27, 2014 This general election for the 16 Lok Sabha will be remembered for many reasons. It is being s...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Silence from both sides

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, April 20, 2014 The Hindu Increasing needs... Photo: M.A. Sriram In the quiet recesses of this country,...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

No time for parties

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, April 13, 2014 The Hindu Dayamani Barla. Photo: Manob Chowdhury Medha Patkar Photo: PTI ...
Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Disappearing...

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 30, 2014 The Hindu No empowerment here. Photo: Paul Noronha   Mumbai’s taxi drivers are re...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Wooing women

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 16, 2014 The Hindu Photo: V. Raju The election season is upon us. The weather wanes are alread...
Saturday, March 01, 2014

Illusions of privacy

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, March 2, 2014    Photo: K.R. Deepak Between the routine vandalism displayed by Hindu fanatical...
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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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