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Vivek Menezes
Vivek Menezes is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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The enduring significance of Goan artist Angelo da Fonseca, whose work was erased from art history
His drawings and paintings directly bring to the fore the political, religious and cultural concerns of the early 21st century.
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In Goa’s pastéis de nata, the delectable taste of a state’s cosmopolitan history
How egg tarts from Lisbon became a hit around the world – and in India’s smallest state.
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Rohan and Kumar go to the baseball big leagues
Kumar Rocker and Rohan Handa are poised to take America’s pastime by storm.
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Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Rohan and Kumar go to the baseball big leagues
Kumar Rocker and Rohan Handa are poised to take America’s pastime by storm.
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Reading the complex reality of India’s Jewish communities: Tiny – but still expanding
Constructed identities have particularly consequential implications when it comes to Jewishness – and the right to return to Israel.
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Revisiting mid-century Dharwad in Girish Karnad’s autobiography, interrogating the tug of nostalgia
I was raised with an understanding of the college town as a place where India’s tryst with destiny was mined in an especially high-minded vein.
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Video
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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How Aminder Dhaliwal leaped from Instagram to be showered with praise in the world of graphic novels
Her new book ‘Cyclopedia Exotica’ has been garnering rave reviews.
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In an encyclopedia of Maharashtra’s visual arts, vivid portraits that brush across linguistic lines
‘Visual Arts of Maharashtra: Artists of the Bombay School and Art Institutions (Late 18th to Early 21st Century)’ has been released in an English translation.
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#SaveLakshadweep: They paved paradise and put up another Gujarat
With controversial initiatives by the administrator appointed by the Centre, the ecologically fragile islands face an existential threat.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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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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Naga writer Easterine Kire’s clear bright sound over a sleeping world
This quietly irrepressible one-woman cultural renaissance has pioneered the modern literary culture of Nagaland.
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With Comixense, a new magazine aims to introduce young Indians to the magic of graphic storytelling
The initiative hopes to lure teenagers away from their screens and back to the printed page.
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Listening to Christmas in the songs and stories of Nagaland
The state bubbles over with creative talent that manages an impressive balancing act between age-old community values and 21st century aspirations.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest winner in history of Candidates tournament
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ISL 2024: Vikram Partap Singh bounced back from tragedy to reach great heights in breakthrough year