# Kalpana Sharma

_Nepalese footballer_

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Last updated: 2026-10-14

> Kalpana Sharma is an Indian journalist, editor, and writer. Currently freelance, she has worked with several Indian dailies, including The Indian Express, The Times of India, and The Hindu, where she was a deputy editor and chief of the Mumbai bureau. In 1987, she received the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons. She has written and edited several books of reportage from India, including Rediscovering Dharavi (2000), which consists of reporting about Dharavi, a large slum in the city of Mumbai, India, and The silence and the storm: narratives of violence against women in India.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31766997#P27))
- **Occupation:** association football player; association football referee ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31766997#P106))

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Kalpana Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Sharma) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): कल्पना शर्मा](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q31766997](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31766997) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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## Cite this page

"Kalpana Sharma". DigiNepal. Last updated 14 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/kalpana-sharma. Retrieved 9 November 2026.