Writerspeak
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An Indian author listens to literary ghosts in Paris as the French edition of her book is released
Ruchira Gupta’s ‘I Kick and I Fly’ has been published in France as ‘Girls Bazaar’.
Ruchira Gupta
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What lies behind the need to write a book on the Sikh secret on how to be good?
Jasreen Mayal Khanna on her exploration of the relationship between service and Sikhism.
Jasreen Mayal Khanna
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Why this writer made an old person a superhero in her book (because real life demands it)
Isn’t it time older people stopped being depicted as kind grandparents alone in children’s books, asks writer Lavanya Karthik
Lavanya Karthik
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Joining the (fictional) dots between the Mahabharata, Alexander and Stonehenge
With the second book in the series, the author of the 'Mahabharata Quest' explains how he's redrawing the epic on a global canvas of historical mysteries
Christopher C Doyle
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Hindustani music performers often mistake legend for history: an interview with Aneesh Pradhan
Scroll contributor Aneesh Pradhan in conversation with Nalini Taneja about his book 'Hindustani Music in Colonial Bombay'.
Nalini Taneja
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'99% is about good luck. The rest is about bloody good luck': Ashwin Sanghi
From theological, historical, mythological and criminal thrillers to a guide on changing one’s luck, the writer seems to have changed direction suddenly. Why?
Vivek Tejuja
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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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