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, February 07, 2020

India is facing an environmental crisis. But you wouldn’t know from reading papers and watching TV

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Broken News There’s a country beyond Delhi and news beyond social media outrage. If only our media realised. Let me begin...

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Monday, January 20, 2020

Why India Today’s JNU sting did more harm than good

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Broken News (Link: https://newslaundry.com/2020/01/15/india-today-jnu-sting-abvp-violence-left) By attempting to be balanced and condem...

Friday, January 10, 2020

Is this the beginning of the irrelevance of Big Media?

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Broken News (Here's the link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/12/31/kalpana-sharma-broken-news-is-this-the-be...

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Monday, December 23, 2019

What if India's media believed the disempowered as much as it does those in power

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My column in Newslaundry.com Link: https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/12/18/what-if-indias-media-believed-the-disempowered-as-much-as-it-do...

Friday, December 13, 2019

How the demand for summary justice for rapists will backfire on India's poorest citizens

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This comment piece by me appeared in The Telegraph, London on December 12, 2019 Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/09/demand-...

Why does India’s media cover some rapes extensively and ignore others?

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This is a new fortnightly column that will now appear on the website newslaundry.com. BROKEN NEWS Published December 4, 2019 Link: ht...

Thursday, October 24, 2019

#MeToo one year later

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Published in Scroll.in on October 5, 2019 (https://scroll.in/article/939216/one-year-after-indias-metoo-campaign-difficulties-of-finding-l...

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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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