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Shireen Quadri
Shireen Quadri is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘I was unconsciously recording the seething intolerance and incipient rise of saffron in Bengal’
An interview with Saikat Majumdar, author of ‘The Scent of God’, a novel that has proved prescient in more ways than one.
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‘I wanted to broaden and complicate the way one understands life in Afghanistan’: Jamil Jan Kochai
The writer’s debut novel, ‘99 Nights in Logar’, was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
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Insights from the DSC Prize jurors into how a literary prize jury picks its winners
The longlist comprised three works of translation, seven women authors and seven debut novelists.
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Trending
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘I wanted to understand how women live with misogynistic values’: Sadia Abbas on ‘The Empty Room’
The Pakistani author’s debut novel was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019
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‘I conceived the book as a cosmological novel’: Chigozie Obioma on ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’
Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 for his second novel.
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‘I have no contempt for the ordinary’: Lucy Ellmann, author of a 430,000-word, 1034-page novel
A conversation with the author of ‘Ducks, Newburyport’, winner of the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize and shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.
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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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‘Things are not what they seem’: How Haruki Murakami blurs the lines of reality in his novels
Some readers have grown weary of the tropes in the bestselling author’s books but few writers can do what he does.
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This debut novel tells an unusual love story of outcasts in Lahore, spun with sensitivity and rage
Faiqa Mansab’s ‘This House of Clay and Water’ follows the struggle of two women and a transgender.
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This novel reminds us we have chosen to ignore the darkness beneath the dazzle of modern India
An unlikely friendship between two women is a framework for a story of exploitative and abusive traditions that are still followed.
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The Reel
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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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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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This intriguing, edgy collection of stories could well have been called ‘Humans of Sri Lanka’
People who represent passion, obsession, shame, neglect, greed, compassion, and, of course selfless love.
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This instagram account shows why books are also beautiful objects
#bookstagram is a one of the most popular hashtags on instagram.
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The stories may be erotic, but this novel tells frightening truths about Punjabi lives in Southall
Balli Kaur Jaswal’s diaspora fiction is ruthlessly real under the gentle guise of sex, romance and crime.
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The Field
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century