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.

Monday, February 19, 2018

Remember Kunan Poshpora

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I was reminded today that February 23 is being marked as Kashmir Women's Resistance Day to mark the atrocities suffered by Kashmiri wom...

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Sunday, February 18, 2018

The real moral duty of journalists: Not to dance to the tune of the powerful

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Appeared first on Scroll.in An NIA statement about an arrested Kashmir photographer should prompt journalists to consider how far their...

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Is a woman in India not a citizen with the same rights as others?

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It is extraordinary that in a case that has grabbed headlines and been followed breathlessly by the media, the obvious gender angle has...

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The smog that India and Pakistan share

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It is a crisis that requires our politicians to become statesmen, to think of the future generations rather than...

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Monday, August 28, 2017

A Week to Remember

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My reflections on a week on three important judgments. Barely six days after India celebrated its 70th Independence Day...

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

It’s time for another freedom struggle: A Midnight’s Child looks back on India’s 70-year journey

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Published in Scroll.in on August 14, 2017 I am almost Midnight’s Child. I arrived some weeks before the magic hour. On August...

Friday, July 21, 2017

Behind closed doors: Noida society row reflects the ugly truth of how elite India views their ‘help’

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Published in Scroll.in on July 21, 2017 Beyond the fracas at Mahagun Moderne are larger questions about how Indian society turns a blin...

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

'Media Owners Always Ensure That Journalists Crawl, During Emergency And Now Again'

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Posting here this interview that appeared in The Citizen on June 26, 2017 KARTHIK VENKATESH Monday, June 26,201...

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Saturday, June 17, 2017

Media in the Modi era: How did India’s watchdog press become so docile?

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Published on Scroll.in on June 16, 2017 India is talking about the 1975 Emergency again even as its 42nd anniversary, on June 25, hove...

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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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