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Books and Ideas
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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
Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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‘Nehru, Indira were not fools’: JNU VC says uniformity in religion, language cannot be imposed
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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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
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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
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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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
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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
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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‘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
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‘We can remake this world’: This book of poems travels through places where people rise in protest
An excerpt from ‘Yes, There Will Be Singing: Poems’, by Hamraaz.
Hamraaz
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A new book shows how high Emotional Quotient and empathy makes women natural leaders
An excerpt from ‘The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power Are Undermined – and How to Fight’, by Sophie Williams.
Sophie Williams
The Field
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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
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship