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Avantika Mehta
Avantika Mehta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘What We Carry’: Maya Shanbhag Lang’s memoir reveals the dark sides of mother-daughter relationships
The memoir shows the pressures a new mother can come under – from her own mother.
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‘The Wall’ can be read as a continuation in fiction of Gautam Bhatia’s work on freedom and equality
A review of the lawyer’s debut novel of speculative fiction.
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Haute action: From Vogue to mall stores, everyone wants a piece of India’s wedding fashion market
The wedding sector is estimated to be valued at $54 billion. No designer can afford to ignore it.
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Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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PM Modi’s claim of dramatically enhancing India’s global standing a ‘mirage’, says report
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What did Vinayak Damodar Savarkar think about Dalits praying in temples and eating with Brahmins?
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Neel Mukherjee’s new novel: A publisher at war with his industry embarks on a radical experiment
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Portraits of India’s people by a Flemmish artist who lived on the margins of 18th-century Calcutta
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A silent movement for the legalisation of cannabis is spreading across India
The Great Legalisation Movement has two agendas: quietly provide cannabis oil to cancer patients, and press the government to lift the ban on using marijuana.
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A temple in Himachal Pradesh stands as a beacon of hope for religious tolerance
Surrounded by mountains and a river flowing below, the Trilokinath temple brings together people from two faiths – Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Your masterji copying a Sabyasachi lehenga is only the tip of India’s fashion plagiarism problem
An Instagram account is forcing the Indian fashion industry and its consumers to address issues that were swept under the carpet for decades.
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Video
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Supreme Court stays HC bail order granted to former OP Jindal university students in rape case
A woman had alleged that her fellow students had blackmailed her into having sex with them.
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Social media addiction has its perils, but Instagram is where young Indians come to bare their soul
When strangers online become your community, where else do you go to discuss sexuality, art and politics?
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Suicide attempts are no longer punishable by law. Here’s why that’s a good thing
Decriminalising suicide is one step closer to addressing India’s huge mental health crisis.
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The Reel
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘No one eats non-veg openly here’: Ahmedabad’s food lovers on the city’s cultural aversion to meat
New Irani Café’s famous maska-bun used to come with a layer of egg, until customers began asking for ‘Hindu-buns’.
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When the Gujarati word for fun described rioting, looting and murder
In Ahmedabad, a museum dedicated to conflict reminds us of Gujarat’s trysts with violence.
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‘They wish every day to be dead’: The struggles of children in Gujarat’s riot rehabilitation camps
The children of the riots continue to suffer psychological and physical scars, which no one in the administration has attempted to understand, let alone heal.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals stay in playoff hunt with win over Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring clash
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Paris Olympic-bound Preeti among seven gold medallists for India
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Football: Odisha FC to compete in the inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten ton helps Mumbai secure much-needed win over Hyderabad
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I