Following The Clouds
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Why Goa's fishermen are angry this monsoon
As a state directive restricts fishing during the rains, Karnataka boats are depleting stocks in Goan waters.
Mridula Chari
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Wine, fruit, revelry and other colours of Goa's feast of São João
The celebrations became a blur of flower-crowned people jumping into wells to pray for rain.
Harsha Vadlamani
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How a Goan fisherman escaped the southwest monsoon by boat
More than 20 years ago, Bernard de Souza made the risky voyage around the Indian peninsula to Vishakapatnam just so that he could continue fishing.
Mridula Chari
Trending
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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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Mangalore's age-old tiles survive the shift towards cement
Tiles from this region were used across India, especially to make roofs, because they withstood even heavy rain, find Scroll.in's Mridula Chari and Harsha Vadlamani
Mridula Chari
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Draupadi's Sari: A strip of rock in Dakshina Kannada is one of the reasons for anti-dam protest
Small dams entail fewer human and environmental costs than large dams, but some remain small only on paper, find Scroll.in's Mridula Chari and Harsha Vadlamani.
Mridula Chari
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Goa's feast of São João has wild flowers, feni – and jumping into wells
Mridula Chari and Harsha Vadlamani arrive in the coastal state just in time for the celebrations, when alcohol flows more abundantly than usual and people look to god for a good monsoon.
Mridula Chari
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
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In one of India's wettest places, researchers chase and find new species of snakes in the wild
Since 2012, the Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology in the Western Ghats has discovered 41 snake species, six of which are unique to the area.
Mridula Chari
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States squabble over water, but the Cauvery's fishermen face different problems
Fishing communities that earn their living from the Cauvery appear strangely insulated from the battle over its waters but face great pressures of their own.
Mridula Chari
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Waiting for the jaggery clouds: how the monsoon seeps through Kerala's language and songs
Scroll.in's Mridula Chari and Harsha Vadlamani have not found much of a monsoon in Kerala, but have come across a fair bit of folklore about it.
Mridula Chari
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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How the FIFA World Cup is reviving the fortunes of an ancient shipyard in Kerala
The Scroll.in team fails to find rain in Calicut. Instead, they come across a shipyard building luxury yachts for the sheikh of Qatar to use for the 2022 World Cup.
Mridula Chari
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What the monsoon means for me: KA Verghese, farmer
The Scroll.in team is exploring how the rains affect India's economy and ecology, culture and agriculture.
Mridula Chari
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In Kerala, farmers fight to preserve a rare variety of salt-resistant rice – and the ecosystem
As Scroll.in’s Mridula Chari and Harsha Vadlamani search for clouds along the west coast, they meet farmers who are attempting to return to a traditional system of alternating paddy and shrimp cultivation.
Mridula Chari
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver