New Books
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After over thirty years, John Grisham’s character Mitch McDeere returns in a sequel to ‘The Firm’
‘The Exchange’ sees the return of the protagonist and his wife 15 years after fleeing Memphis.
Scroll Staff
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‘The Lying Life of Adults’: What to expect from Elena Ferrante’s new novel coming this September
Her writing is subversively unforgiving.
Devanshi Khetarpal
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‘It was difficult to imagine that people can run a trade in organs’: Benyamin on his new novel
‘Body and Blood’, recently translated into English from Malayalam, explores the interstices between organ donation and a religious group.
Shevlin Sebastian
Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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View from Nepal: India’s reaction to new currency note betrays patronising outlook to its neighbour
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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‘The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction’ makes you rethink pre-conceptions about the genre
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Why is Deepa Anappara’s ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ the toast of international publishing?
A engagingly written and thoroughly researched grim novel about India’s missing children seen through a child’s lens.
Jane Wallace
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With just two novels, Sally Rooney is fast becoming the definitive chronicler of millennial love
Both ‘Conversations With Friends’ and, now, ‘Normal People’ have established the growing reputation of the 27-year-old writer.
Neha Bhatt
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Stephen King’s latest novel wrestles with the question of how to be in two places at one time
Is it science? Is it a miracle? Is it supernatural?
Lloyd Strickland, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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‘I Do What I Do’: Raghuram Rajan’s book on his time as RBI chief will be out on September 4
Besides Rajan’s commentary, it will also include speeches that convey what it was like to head the central bank during his time, publisher HarperCollins said.
Scroll Staff
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Why Venezuela is caught in a vicious cycle of tyranny and liberation
Simon Bolívar’s eventual affinity for dictatorial rule has haunted the South American country.
Kajsa Norman
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Mark Twain's bedtime fairytale to his daughters will be published this year
'The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine' will hit the stalls on September 26 to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s first book.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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Arundhati Roy announces her new novel, ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
The publisher, Hamish Hamilton UK and Penguin India, said it was an honour to be associated with the book, which has been in the making for 20 years.
Scroll Staff
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A new JK Rowling series, 'Stories from Hogwarts' appears to be out for pre-order
The three books are available in ebook format on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but no official announcement has been made on them.
Scroll Staff
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released in India after months of anticipation
The eighth instalment of the popular series takes the form of a script, with the play version being staged at London’s West End in two parts.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra shows a spark in season opener
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IPL 2024: Gill and Sudharsan’s tons help Gujarat beat Chennai and stay in playoff hunt
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League as it happened: Neeraj Chopra finishes second; Kishore Jena ninth