A Writer Speaks
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What an elderly English tourist taught writer Anees Salim about his hometown, Varkala
‘An old man from Brighton and a small boy from Varkala.’
Anees Salim
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‘Images, phrases, characters’: Farah Ahamed on the literary influences on her book ‘Period Matters’
‘Book in the Footnotes’.
Farah Ahamed
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‘In these shitty times, your loving cripple’: Writer Hanif Kureishi’s notes from a hospital bed
After a sudden dangerous fall in Rome, Kureishi has dictated tweets from his hospital bed with updates on his health, ruminations about life, and more.
Scroll Staff
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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No plan to introduce inheritance tax, clarifies Congress after Sam Pitroda’s remarks trigger row
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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‘Clarity is not the protocol of literature’: Geetanjali Shree on the writer’s responsibilities
‘Why is literature not given its due? Why is a writer not seen as someone very important for the running of society?’
Geetanjali Shree
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‘I heard sounds come from the water’: Sharanya Manivannan on the images in her new picture book
The picture book is titled ‘Mermaids In The Moonlight’, and the coming graphic novel for adults, ‘Incantations Over Water’.
Sharanya Manivannan
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How a farmers’ march in 2018 entered Anita Agnihotri’s newly translated novel in real time
‘I am walking along with hundreds of other writers in the country.’
Anita Agnihotri
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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How is a writer inspired to write by the scenes she sees and the conversations she overhears
Bilingual novelist and short story writer Anukrti Upadhyay talks about her creative catalysts.
Anukrti Upadhyay
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Robert Clive reimagined: How to use the techniques of novel-writing for historical figures
The author of a ‘Fortune’s Soldier’, a new novel about Robert Clive, the founder of the British empire in India, explains how to meld facts with fiction.
Alex Rutherford
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Why novelist Sheena Kalayil does not like being boxed as a BAME writer
Broad labels like ‘black, asian and minority ethnic’ – or BAME – do no justice to each unique, individual writer, argues Kalyail.
Sheena Kalayil, The Conversation
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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‘Chattu’ and I: How Chetan Bhagat and I both started our (polar opposite) literary journeys from IIT
Novelist Amitabha Bagchi’s debut work of fiction was also set in IIT Delhi, just like his college senior Chetan Bhagat. But the similarities ended there.
Amitabha Bagchi
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Is the modern world too close for comfort to write about? Two recent books show how it is being done
Tabish Khair’s ‘Night of Happiness’ and Anjum Hasan’s ‘A Day in the Life’ plunge headlong into the unmanageable contemporary.
Saikat Majumdar
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‘My first short story, written at the age of 14, had an unhappy fate. But it rescued me.’
Writer Shazaf Fatima Haider recounts the scandalous beginning to her literary career.
Shazaf Fatima Haider
The Field
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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
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification