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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
The Tamil Nadu voter who views the BJP as a threat to the education system
Short fiction: Riddled with debt, a farmer urges the PM to change the formula for compound interest
‘Being coerced into joining BJP’, alleges former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
Immigrant fiction: An Indian academic navigates a green card marriage and single motherhood
Few Indian youngsters have registered to vote –and what that means
Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Keshava Guha
Keshava Guha is a regular Scroll.in contributor
‘The Education of Yuri’: Moving and uneven, Jerry Pinto’s bildungsroman is lifelike and believable
The book doesn’t end with the end of his education but what one might call the end of the beginning.
Keshava Guha
· Nov 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
Keshava Guha: Ours is a country made by writers – we have never needed them more
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
Keshava Guha
· Aug 15, 2022 · 05:30 pm
‘A Rude Life’: Journalist Vir Sanghvi’s memoir displays a classic case of Delhi Syndrome
There are many classic symptoms of Delhi Syndrome. But three particularly define the affliction, and which are most obviously in evidence in ‘A Rude Life’.
Keshava Guha
· Sep 25, 2021 · 08:30 am
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
Yesterday · 08:30 am
Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
Yesterday · 06:30 am
The Art of Solitude: Listening to Adam Schlesinger’s pop songs, which function like a novel
Much of his work was in genres or styles that hadn’t been fashionable or widely popular in decades.
Keshava Guha
· Apr 21, 2020 · 11:30 am
The Art of Resistance: Christopher Isherwood’s ‘A Single Man’ is a celebration of individuality
At a time when the definitions of Hindu and Indian are being cheapened, we must read the great ‘Hindu novel’ in English that was written by a gay Englishman.
Keshava Guha
· Jan 01, 2020 · 06:00 am
Harry Potter fandom leads four lonely people to form bonds in Keshava Guha’s debut novel
An excerpt from ‘Accidental Magic’, Keshava Guha’s novel set in Bengaluru and Boston.
Keshava Guha
· Dec 03, 2019 · 05:30 pm
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Apr 16, 2024 · 01:04 pm
Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
Apr 15, 2024 · 12:27 pm
India votes: No, 2019 isn’t another 1977 – or 1971 or 1989 or 2004
The upcoming general elections cannot be summarised by a single story.
Keshava Guha
· Jan 08, 2019 · 08:00 am
2019 polls: By making it Modi vs Rahul, media has created a narrative that benefits only the PM
Political journalism in India has become a branch of sports journalism – concerned only with winners and losers.
Keshava Guha
· Dec 26, 2018 · 08:00 am
Has US midterm election shown the way for the Democrats to unseat Donald Trump in 2020?
On the whole, the election was a rebuke to the president and a reflection of his weakness rather than his strength.
Keshava Guha
· Nov 11, 2018 · 10:30 am
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
Apr 16, 2024 · 01:47 pm
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Apr 16, 2024 · 09:18 am
‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
Apr 15, 2024 · 01:48 pm
Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
Apr 14, 2024 · 08:55 am
Ideology vs personality: In the long term, Modi’s transformation of the BJP comes with serious risks
In the future, it is likely that the party will be unable to find a successor capable of replicating Modi’s approach and will have to remake itself once more.
Keshava Guha
· Aug 14, 2018 · 08:00 am
The social media assault on Sushma Swaraj is not mere trolling – it is moral collapse
The minister hit back with sharp wit at the backlash against her intervention in a passport row.
Keshava Guha
· Jun 27, 2018 · 06:30 am
‘Dreamers’: Meticulously reported stories on gaps between young India’s aspirations and fulfilment
Apart from a few quibbles, Snigdha Poonam’s book is a delight of long-form reportage.
Keshava Guha
· Jan 27, 2018 · 08:30 am
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