Harry Potter
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With her Nagini casting twist, JK Rowling has once again ignored history and chosen appropriation
The choice of a South Korean woman in the role of Voldemort’s pet snake and the defence of the choice feel awfully familiar.
Achala Upendran
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What is the real message of the Harry Potter series? (Hint: it’s about death)
We tend to think of the books as an escapist delight, but they also expertly construct a poignant extended theme.
J. Andrew Deman, The Conversation
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Two new books from the Harry Potter universe will be released in October
They will mark the celebration of 20 years since the first book in the series was published.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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June 26: It’s 20 years to the day the first Harry Potter was published. He is a universe today
The first edition of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ had a print run of 500 copies.
Ankita Chawla
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There were two Harry Potters, reveals JK Rowling
The Harry that the world knows had a great grandfather named Henry Potter who was known as Harry to friends, the author wrote in a post on Pottermore.
Scroll Staff
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Handwritten Harry Potter postcard prequel stolen in the UK
The untitled manuscript is set three years before the schoolboy wizard’s birth and revolves around an adventure his father and godfather had.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Harry Potter in 80 minutes? A Muggle casts the Reducio shrinking charm on the films
Tim Stiefler’s fan edit compresses over 19 hours of filmmaking and leaves out the best bits.
Bijal Vachharajani
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Why you should go back to the book of ‘Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them’ before the movie
Read it if only to be able to identify all the strange creatures in the film.
Bijal Vachharajani
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How the suffocating house system of Hogwarts redeems itself in 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'
The latest book tries to atone for the rigidity of the Gryffindor-Ravenclaw-Slytherin-Hufflepuff segmentation.
Sneha Vakharia
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Harry Potter and the mystery of the bestselling play
‘Cursed Child’ is the script of a play, made to look like a book. Do readers love or hate that?
Shweta Sharan
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Ginny’s niece looks forward to the launch of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in India'
A letter from the Harry Potter 'maya' universe that may or may not have been written.
Devapriya Roy
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How a black Hermione reflects one of the core values of the Harry Potter series
As a child of Muggles, Hermione is always something of an outside among wizards.
Achala Upendran
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go