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Books and Ideas
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‘Shakchunni’: A supernatural thriller about how the zamindari system crumbled under its own weight
Author Arnab Ray makes the choice of not modernising the story at all, and sets it in 1940s’ Bengal, when the Great Bengal Famine had just hit.
Debasmita Bhowmik
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‘Speaking Sandals’: Stories about sociological realities of ‘untouchable’ Madigas of Andhra Pradesh
Yendluri Sudhakar’s Telugu short stories, translated into English by K Purushotham, focus on injustices meted out on account of caste.
Nikhil Sanjay-Rekha Adsule
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‘Circles of Freedom’ tells a tight-paced story of Asaf Ali and friends during the national movement
The cast of TCA Raghavan’s book comprises not only an elite English-speaking crowd within the Congress, but also the context.
Nandan S Kaushik
Trending
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Fiction: An ageing writer gets a mysterious letter which begins to colour his entire perception
An excerpt from ‘Yatra: An Unfinished Novel’, by Harekrishna Deka. Translated from the Assamese by Navamalati Neog Chakraborty.
Harekrishna Deka & Navamalati Neog Chakraborty
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
An excerpt from ‘Poems Of the First Buddhist Women’, translated from the Pali by Charles Hallisey.
Charles Hallisey
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
An excerpt from ‘Lyrics by Sameer – Stories Behind the Iconic Songs’, co-authored by Sameer Anjaan.
Sameer Anjaan & Shuja Ali
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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Democracy: A new book questions whether the people (or the experts) are always right
An excerpt from ‘Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power’, by Erica Benner.
Erica Benner
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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
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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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
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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
The Field
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing