Kalpana Sharma

Sharma is a columnist for and former deputy editor of The Hindu, a newspaper based in Chennai, and an editorial consultant for Economic & Political Weekly. She has also held senior positions at Himmat, The Indian Express, and The Times of India. She is the author of Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's Largest Slum and editor of Missing Half the Story: Journalism as if Gender Matters.

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Articles by Kalpana Sharma

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
16 July 2013

Expanding energy access, improving women's lives

Dipak GyawaliKalpana SharmaTri Mumpuni

In the developing world, women and their families often struggle  because they lack access to modern energy. Women's days are taken up with  menial tasks; children quit school because they can't study at night;  everyone's health suffers.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
4 July 2013
Asia

Energy, women, and governance

Kalpana Sharma

The differences in opinion among participants in this Roundtable are modest. To the extent they exist, they probably correlate to differences among the authors' home countries.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
13 June 2013
Asia

Focus on cooking

Kalpana Sharma
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
29 May 2013
Asia

Alternative energy, empowered women

Kalpana Sharma

On the road that leads to the controversial nuclear energy facility at Kudankulam in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, an unexpected sight greets the visitor -- mile after mile of giant windmills spinning indolently.

1 January 1999
Guest Opinion

Kashmir: Wilting Rose

Kalpana Sharma