Kalpana Sharma is an independent journalist, columnist and author based in Mumbai. She has worked with Himmat Weekly, Indian Express, Times of India and The Hindu. She was Consulting Editor with Economic & Political Weekly and Readers’ Editor with Scroll.in. Currently, she writes a column on the media in Newslaundry.com. She has written two books: The Silence and the Storm: Narratives of Violence Against Women in India and Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia’s Largest Slum and edited Single by Choice: Happily Unmarried Women and Missing Half the Story: Journalism as if Gender Matters.