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Shireen Quadri
Shireen Quadri is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘I was unconsciously recording the seething intolerance and incipient rise of saffron in Bengal’
An interview with Saikat Majumdar, author of ‘The Scent of God’, a novel that has proved prescient in more ways than one.
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‘I wanted to broaden and complicate the way one understands life in Afghanistan’: Jamil Jan Kochai
The writer’s debut novel, ‘99 Nights in Logar’, was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
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Insights from the DSC Prize jurors into how a literary prize jury picks its winners
The longlist comprised three works of translation, seven women authors and seven debut novelists.
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Trending
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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The test of time: A jail mulaqat with Umar Khalid
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Why a health crisis is brewing among the labourers of Assam’s tea gardens
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‘I wanted to understand how women live with misogynistic values’: Sadia Abbas on ‘The Empty Room’
The Pakistani author’s debut novel was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019
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‘I conceived the book as a cosmological novel’: Chigozie Obioma on ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’
Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 for his second novel.
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‘I have no contempt for the ordinary’: Lucy Ellmann, author of a 430,000-word, 1034-page novel
A conversation with the author of ‘Ducks, Newburyport’, winner of the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize and shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.
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Video
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Watch: Classical dancers perform Bharatnatyam and Odissi duet to ‘Sakal Ban’ from ‘Heeramandi’
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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‘Things are not what they seem’: How Haruki Murakami blurs the lines of reality in his novels
Some readers have grown weary of the tropes in the bestselling author’s books but few writers can do what he does.
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This debut novel tells an unusual love story of outcasts in Lahore, spun with sensitivity and rage
Faiqa Mansab’s ‘This House of Clay and Water’ follows the struggle of two women and a transgender.
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This novel reminds us we have chosen to ignore the darkness beneath the dazzle of modern India
An unlikely friendship between two women is a framework for a story of exploitative and abusive traditions that are still followed.
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The Reel
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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This intriguing, edgy collection of stories could well have been called ‘Humans of Sri Lanka’
People who represent passion, obsession, shame, neglect, greed, compassion, and, of course selfless love.
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This instagram account shows why books are also beautiful objects
#bookstagram is a one of the most popular hashtags on instagram.
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The stories may be erotic, but this novel tells frightening truths about Punjabi lives in Southall
Balli Kaur Jaswal’s diaspora fiction is ruthlessly real under the gentle guise of sex, romance and crime.
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The Field
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Football, Premier League: Manchester City win fourth straight title
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – the calm leader and ruthless drag-flicker for team India
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IPL 2024: Rajasthan pipped to second spot by Hyderabad after match against Kolkata gets washed out
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IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma stars as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings to cap off league stage
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Badminton, Thailand Open, as it happened: Satwik-Chirag win second men’s doubles title of the season