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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Fiction in translation: In the forests, a man looks for his sister, who left home to join Maoists
An excerpt from ‘I Named My Sister Silence’, by Manoj Rupda, translated from the Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.
Manoj Rupda & Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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‘Two and a Half Rivers’: A moving novel of caste discrimination and isolation in Punjab
Anirudh Kala’s book is an account of the caste system, loneliness, and mental health.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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This novel brings Burma to readers so authentically that it could have been non-fiction
The political is presented through the personal in Eugene Lawrence’s informative novel from, and of, Burma before it became Myanmar.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Trending
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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This intimate look at the lives of refugees in 1947 resonates with the politics of present-day India
‘Nowhere People’, Sabitri Roy’s Bengali novel from 1972 now translated into English is an important fictional document of the influx into independent India.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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Raga Heartbreak: Singer Shubha Mudgal’s stories from the world of music are fine-tuned to loss
The stories in ‘Looking for Miss Sargam’ are subtle performances of disappointment as a life-changer.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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A Norwegian biographer writes movingly of his Goan father, who was largely a stranger to him
In ‘A Stranger At My Table’, Norwegian-Goan author Ivo de Figueiredo applies his biography-writing skills to his own family with striking results.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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Kamal Kumar Tanti’s poems present the politics and poignance of being marginalised in a distant land
‘We are told / that historians call us / other people’.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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A young doctor negotiates love, sexuality and family in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s new novel
In this excerpt from ‘My Father’s Garden’, the unnamed protagonist struggles with his growing feelings of love for a fellow medical student.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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Why a journalist wrote about the Niyamgiri agitation in the form of a Young Adult novel
An interview with the author of ‘Year of the Weeds’, a fictionalised telling of the Niyamgiri agitation in Odisha should be read by adults as well.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
The Reel
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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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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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‘It is the story of India itself’: Abdullah Khan on a debut novel that was 20 years in the making
An interview with the author of ‘Patna Blues’, a novel about a lower-middle class Muslim family in small-town Bihar.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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This Patna novel is not just about differences and disappointments, it’s a tribute to the ’90s
Abdullah Khan’s ‘Patna Blues’ tells of the aspirations, disappointments and desires of a once prosperous Muslim family in Bihar.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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Real life is often magical for the Lotha tribe of Nagaland, as this collection of folk tales reveals
Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton’s ‘A Girl Swallowed By A Tree’ is a reminder of why oral folk tales must be preserved. They document a history of the imagination.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
The Field
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final
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Cricket: Former Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof retires from international cricket