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Keshava Guha
Keshava Guha is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘The Education of Yuri’: Moving and uneven, Jerry Pinto’s bildungsroman is lifelike and believable
The book doesn’t end with the end of his education but what one might call the end of the beginning.
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Keshava Guha: Ours is a country made by writers – we have never needed them more
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
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‘A Rude Life’: Journalist Vir Sanghvi’s memoir displays a classic case of Delhi Syndrome
There are many classic symptoms of Delhi Syndrome. But three particularly define the affliction, and which are most obviously in evidence in ‘A Rude Life’.
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Trending
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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The Art of Solitude: Listening to Adam Schlesinger’s pop songs, which function like a novel
Much of his work was in genres or styles that hadn’t been fashionable or widely popular in decades.
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The Art of Resistance: Christopher Isherwood’s ‘A Single Man’ is a celebration of individuality
At a time when the definitions of Hindu and Indian are being cheapened, we must read the great ‘Hindu novel’ in English that was written by a gay Englishman.
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Harry Potter fandom leads four lonely people to form bonds in Keshava Guha’s debut novel
An excerpt from ‘Accidental Magic’, Keshava Guha’s novel set in Bengaluru and Boston.
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Video
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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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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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India votes: No, 2019 isn’t another 1977 – or 1971 or 1989 or 2004
The upcoming general elections cannot be summarised by a single story.
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2019 polls: By making it Modi vs Rahul, media has created a narrative that benefits only the PM
Political journalism in India has become a branch of sports journalism – concerned only with winners and losers.
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Has US midterm election shown the way for the Democrats to unseat Donald Trump in 2020?
On the whole, the election was a rebuke to the president and a reflection of his weakness rather than his strength.
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The Reel
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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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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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Ideology vs personality: In the long term, Modi’s transformation of the BJP comes with serious risks
In the future, it is likely that the party will be unable to find a successor capable of replicating Modi’s approach and will have to remake itself once more.
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The social media assault on Sushma Swaraj is not mere trolling – it is moral collapse
The minister hit back with sharp wit at the backlash against her intervention in a passport row.
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‘Dreamers’: Meticulously reported stories on gaps between young India’s aspirations and fulfilment
Apart from a few quibbles, Snigdha Poonam’s book is a delight of long-form reportage.
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The Field
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement