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Kanishka Gupta
Kanishka Gupta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Interview: Does a literary jury need to think differently in the year of a pandemic?
The five members of the JCB Prize for Literature jury weigh in.
Kanishka Gupta
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While book publishers slowed down during the pandemic, this writing platform accelerated
An interview with Devashish Sharma, Country Head, India, of the writing platform Wattpad.
Kanishka Gupta & Amish Mulmi
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How a bookshop-in-mall chain learnt to stop worrying about, and start loving, the new normal
An interview with Ajay Mago, managing director of Om Book Shop, whose bookstores range across malls in India.
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Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Why (and how) a food delivery company expanded its service into taking books to customers
An interview with Vivek Sunder, COO, Swiggy, on his company’s foray into book delivery during the pandemic.
Kanishka Gupta & Amish Raj Mulmi
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How the New India Foundation is dealing with the pandemic for its fellowships for non-fiction books
An interview with NIF trustee Srinath Raghavan.
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‘Reading helps cope with stress and provides creative solutions in the uncertain times of Covid-19’
An interview with psychiatrist Shyam Bhat on the importance of books and reading during the pandemic.
Kanishka Gupta & Neelini Sarkar
Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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How this independent bookshop in Toronto weathered the lockdown has lessons for India’s bookstores
An interview with Anjula Gogia, events coordinator at Another Story Bookshop.
Kanishka Gupta, Neelini Sarkar & Meenakshi Alimchandani
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While the pandemic forces publishers to slow down, this literary journal is relaunching itself
Why did two of the four original founders of ‘nether’ choose this time? What do they hope to achieve? An interview.
Kanishka Gupta
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Six indie bookstores have founded an association of bookshops. What do they hope to achieve?
An interview with two of the founders of the Independent Bookshops Association of India, Leonard Fernandes and Raman Shresta.
Kanishka Gupta
The Reel
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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The Art of Solitude: Hope-greetings in the times of Covid-19
‘Hope you’re numbers-estimates-targets-toll unnotching / Hope you’re purposefully delaying...’
Kanishka Gupta
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Could the coronavirus pandemic lock down Indian publishing for some time?
Online and brick-and-mortar retailers have cut back drastically on orders as customer footfalls and sales dwindle.
Kanishka Gupta
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‘Babu Bangladesh’: A literary agent remembers the making of a debut novel – and its author’s death
Published after the tragic death of its author Numair Choudhury, ‘Babu Bangladesh’ is the only posthumous debut to be shortlisted for a literary prize in India.
Kanishka Gupta
The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement