Hindutva State
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Hindutva mob vandalises Christian school in Telangana, forces principal to say ‘Jai Shri Ram’
The incident occurred after some Hindu students were told to seek permission before wearing saffron clothes to class as part of a religious custom.
Scroll Staff
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Booked under UAPA for inciting Haldwani mob. But CCTV footage and BJP leader reveal another story
On February 8, when violence broke out in the Uttarakhand town, Abdul Malik was in and around Delhi, meeting politicians and a lawyer, three people told Scroll.
Ayush Tiwari
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Pune: Over 15 members of Hindutva group detained for protests outside screening of film on Kashmir
The protestors opposed the screening of a film named ‘I Am Not The River Jhelum’, alleging that it portrayed the Indian Army in a bad light, the police said.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
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Uttarakhand madrasa at centre of violence was demolished without a court order
The Uttarakhand High Court had listed the matter for February 14 but the Haldwani Municipal Corporation did not wait for the hearing.
Ayush Tiwari
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Counterview: What Arundhati Roy and the secular intelligentsia get wrong about Modi’s India
It is not that violence against minorities is not a serious issue, but that outrage while doing nothing has invisibilised the restructuring of the country.
Amrita Shah
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Behind Narendra Modi’s G20 facade, the persecution of minorities and India’s descent into autocracy
The reality of the G20 slogan ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ is that India is splintered internally its democracy backsliding.
Rasheed Ahmed
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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Many shared UP teacher video but police FIR singles out Mohammed Zubair of ‘Alt News’
An FIR has been filed against the fact-checker for revealing the identity of the child even as several videos of the incident are circulating on social media.
Zafar Aafaq
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Karnataka to provide security to writers receiving threat letters
The writers said they have been receiving letters warning of a ‘fate like’ activists MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh.
Scroll Staff
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The searing injustice of the Indian state’s broken promise to Muslims
Despite the progressive Constitution giving it nearly all the thrust it needed to become a secular state, it could never become that.
Salik Ahmad, The India Forum
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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The making of the ‘bahubali’ model of governance in Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh
The state has employed strongman tactics of demolitions, ‘encounter’ killings and spectacular violence while aligning with big capital infrastructure projects.
Amitanshu Verma
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The dark carnival of ‘bulldozer politics’ celebrates the relentless oppression of India’s Muslims
The destruction of the house of a Muslim family in Ujjain was accompanied by the demolition of due process, rule of law and justice.
Ghazala Jamil
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New India breaches new lows in race to the bottom, days after Modi’s proclamations on democracy
The prime minister said that without human values, rights there can be no democracy. Few of these are evident in India, either by design, incompetence, or both.
Samar Halarnkar
The Field
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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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