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Kalpana Sharma
Kalpana Sharma is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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What the story of two families says about the unchanging reality of living on the streets of Mumbai
Thousands of families have occupied pavements in the city for decades and continue to do so, despite knowing that their shelters can torn down any day.
Kalpana Sharma
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This book reminds us of the stories of violence against women that are not told often enough
An excerpt from ‘The Silence And The Storm’, Kalpana Sharma’s examination of violence against women across India.
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One year after India’s #MeToo campaign, difficulties of finding legal justice become clear
Sexual harassment is probably one of the most difficult crimes to prove in court.
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Trending
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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Journalist Nidhi Razdan quits NDTV
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Watch: Bengaluru waiter effortlessly carries 16 plates of dosa, serves several customers at once
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A new cookbook takes readers across India using diverse recipes of dals from around the country
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Budget 2023: Why FM Nirmala Sitharaman is incentivising a shift to the new tax regime
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Modi’s views on media’s neutrality and journalists’ bias are dangerous
In a recent interview to ‘The Indian Express’, the prime minister interpreted neutrality as being pliant to power.
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The Readers’ Editor writes: India is in the midst of a water crisis. Why isn’t it an election issue?
No political party has articulated a clear vision of how to ensure India’s depleting water resources are conserved. Few journalists have covered the issue too.
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Is Arun Jaitley right to claim there are no ‘red lines’ for news sites?
The finance minister described Scroll.in, The Wire, The Caravan and The Leaflet as ‘institutional disruptors’ for reporting on a complaint against Ranjan Gogoi.
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Video
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Watch: Bystander, police officer rescue driver moments before crashed car bursts into flames
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Watch: Bengaluru waiter effortlessly carries 16 plates of dosa, serves several customers at once
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Watch: Pakistani TV anchors are stunned by Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul’s lavish wedding gifts
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Watch: McDonald’s first automated outlet is open for business in Texas, US
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Watch: Woman caught on camera shoplifting in a bookstore in Jalandhar, Punjab
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Has Priyanka Chaturvedi failed women by joining the Shiv Sena – or shown how to survive in politics?
She claims to have quit the Congress over sexism. Yet, in going over to the Shiv Sena she seems to have missed the irony entirely (or perhaps deliberately).
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Dear media, go beyond asking ordinary Indians, ‘Who will you vote for?’
Get a sense of what the country’s poor and marginalised voters are thinking and saying, what life is like for them, what they hope for the future.
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The Readers’ Editor writes: The analogy of the virgin birth in a Scroll.in column was insensitive
However, the demand that the article be removed is clearly untenable.
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The Reel
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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In Ranjan Palit’s new film, a ‘watchdog society’ filled with persecution and paranoia
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The Readers’ Editor writes: After Pulwama, IAF strike, media did not ask even the obvious questions
By minimising official communication, and maximising unofficial messages through a receptive media, the Centre has left several questions unanswered.
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Here’s proof that the print media in India is alive and kicking
Two reports in the ‘Business Standard’ and ‘The Hindu’ are a reminder of how journalism needs to be done.
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The Readers’ Editor writes: This election, media should give voice to the poor, not just politicians
A report card of the five years of the Narendra Modi government would be far more useful to voters than uncritical reports of what politicians say.
Kalpana Sharma
The Field
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IND v NZ: Gill’s century and Pandya’s four-for helps India win by 168 runs and clinch series 2-1
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IND vs NZ: Reactions as Shubman Gill scores his first T20I century – ‘Unreal, smooth, clean striking
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IND vs NZ: India go in with Umran Malik over Yuzvendra Chahal in series decider at Ahmedabad
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Watch: Sachin Tendulkar’s speech as Shafali Verma-led U19 World Cup winning-team is felicitated
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Cricket: Nepal board lifts suspension on Sandeep Lamichhane