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.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

40 years since the end of the Emergency

It is now 40 years since the end of the Emergency promulgated by Indira Gandhi on June 26, 1975. It ended when in the general elections on...

When a "womel" replaced a "manel"

If all-male panels are called "manels", what should we call an all-woman panel? Womels? People, meaning eve...

Monday, March 06, 2017

Erasing history

Here's a small news item that many people would have missed as they browsed their Sunday newspapers looking for more exciting fare. Bu...

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Elections from a gender perspective

There is a gender angle to elections -- all elections. A collective of women journalist, the Network of Women in Media, India has set up a...

Thursday, December 08, 2016

Trying to make sense...

I cannot pretend to be an economist. I know a few basic rules about how economies function, having learned this on the job...

Thursday, December 01, 2016

Creeping Hindutva

One of the regular readers, and commentators, on this blog, complained to me recently that I have not posted anything for several months. ...

Friday, August 05, 2016

Broken News: Bulandshahr rape coverage shows how badly the media needs lessons in sensitivity

A note to readers of this blog: I've been missing in action for more than a month now. But I'm back and I hope to keep posting re...

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

In Naga villages, sustainable farming is being undermined by need to earn cash for medicine, schools

Scroll.in June 23, 2016 (Women in Leshemi village spinning yarn from nettle: Kalpana Sharma) When you look down from the main road, ...

Thursday, June 09, 2016

Yes, it's time for a re-think – by people trying to deflect charges of sex crimes by their friends

Scroll.in June 9, 2016 An item in a Mumbai tabloid on Thursday said that journalist Tarun Tejpal, who is facing rape charges, had mer...

Thursday, June 02, 2016

In politics and property ownership, there’s no space for Nagaland's women

In Scroll.in Link: https://scroll.in/article/808787/in-politics-and-property-ownership-theres-no-space-for-nagalands-women June 1, 2016 ...

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Africa is not a country: How the Indian government and media have mishandled the racist attacks

In Scroll.in May 31, 2016 Colour matters. In India, it matters a lot. We knew that much before the recent attacks on people who are be...

Saturday, May 21, 2016

'Important for intellectuals to take sides': Academic Hiren Gohain on why the BJP is bad for Assam

This interview was done before the Assam election results were out. May 7, 2016 The Sahitya Akademi award winner feels the party has ...

RK Pachauri’s civil suit against a women’s rights lawyer could set a very dangerous precedent

Here's a catch up of various articles I've written for Scroll that I haven't posted on this blog. April 12, 2016 The move b...

Monday, April 04, 2016

Four problems Maharashtra can't wish away by chanting 'Bharat Mata ki jai'

My latest on Scroll.in on the Bharat Mata Ki Jai obsession: http://scroll.in/article/806121/mr-fadnavis-shouting-bharat-mata-ki-jai-wont-...

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Muzaffarnagar to Murthal

Indian Express, March 17, 2016 (Op-ed in Indian Express) When public figures speak violence, the fallout goes bey...

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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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