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, January 22, 2016

To understand why job quotas for women don't go far enough, take a ride on a Mumbai train

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January 22, 2016 in Scroll.in Employers should recognise that women start working long before they get ...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Why Haryana CM's claim that state's sex ratio has improved is dangerous for women

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On scroll.in  Tuesday January 19, 2016 Opinion By claiming that the declining sex ratio can be turned around by a high-profile...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

Unheard voices

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Jan 10, 2016 in Share A note to my readers:   After a run of 22 years in The Hindu (and before t...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Maneka Gandhi is right

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, December 20, 2015 The Hindu R.K. Pachauri continues to head TERI while his successor is yet to ...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

Is violence the new normal?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, December 6, 2015 The Hindu   Has violence against women become so commonplace in India that we have...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

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Talking Taboo The open discussion on menstruation is #Happy To Bleed's biggest achievement Started by a college st...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

What do elections mean for women?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, November 22, 2015 PTI     They were everywhere. Women in colourful saris, smiling broadly, ...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Girls just want some space

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine,November 8, 2015 With her shock of flaming red hair, you cannot miss Mona Eltahawy. This gutsy young Egypt...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Lock up the girls?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 25, 2015 Two weeks ago, a woman who lives in the slum near my house came to see me. She looked de...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

First Babri, now Dadri

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, October 11, 2015 PTI   First there was Babri; now there is Dadri. And in between,...
Sunday, September 27, 2015

From instruments of abuse

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Sept 27, 2015 in Share Special Arrangement Different editions of Khabar Lahariya news...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

She doesn't "work"

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Adding this illustration to my previous column.  Says it all.
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Why do women work so hard?

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The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Sept 13, 2015 The Hindu Ahead of the International Woman's Day , Proctor and Gamble launch...
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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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