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Books and Ideas
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A novel in dialogue: Two strangers share a flat in the maddening city of Mumbai
An excerpt from ‘The Sea’, by Swati Guha. Translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy.
Swati Guha & V Ramaswamy
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This Indian American consultant’s new book is on using war games to build corporate competitiveness
An excerpt from ‘Competitive Success: Building Winning Strategies with Corporate War Games’, by Arjan Singh.
Arjan Singh
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Joya Chatterji’s ‘Shadows at Noon’ wins best history book at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Awards
Published by Yale University Press in the US and Penguin in India, it tells the subcontinent’s story from the British Raj to independence and partition.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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Parsi theatre: How female impersonators controlled the female body and its representation on stage
An excerpt from ‘Pure Entertainment: Parsi Theater, Gender, and Performance’, by Kathryn Hansen.
Kathryn Hansen
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Novoneel Chakraborty’s thriller: A girl looks for her sister who went missing from an elite school
An excerpt from ‘The Heartbreak Club: One Girl vs One Twisted Legacy’.
Novoneel Chakraborty
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What children can learn from the stunning animal carvings on the rocks of Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu
An excerpt from ‘Sculpted Stones: Mysteries of Mamallapuram’, by Ashwin Prabhu.
Ashwin Prabhu
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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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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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
An excerpt from a new book on how Indian filmmakers have responded to the Partition down the decades.
John W Hood
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
A psychoanalyst, novelist and writer in the fields of cultural psychology and the psychology of religion, Sudhir Kakar died on 22 April at the age of 86.
Manasi Kumar
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Fiction: Mahmud and Ayaz travel from Somnath to Kashmir as questions of citizenship arise
An excerpt from ‘Mahmud and Ayaz’, by R Raj Rao.
R Raj Rao
The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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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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An online content creator explains in her book why it’s better to learn from peers than to compete
An excerpt from ‘She’ll Never Make It: From Doubt to Dominance’, by Masoom Minawala and Aditi Shah Bhimjyani.
Masoom Minawala & Aditi Shah Bhimjyani
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
An excerpt from ‘The Dirty Dozen: India’s Twelve Biggest Corporate Defaulters’, by N Sundaresha Subramanian.
N Sundaresha Subramanian
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‘On tolerance’: Publisher-poet Naveen Kishore on the dilemmas of the artistic intellect
Kishore reflects on learning the virtue of staying close to one’s belief and one’s practice.
Naveen Kishore
The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Men’s recurve team reach final; Priyansh, Vennam in compound semis
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller