New Books
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After over thirty years, John Grisham’s character Mitch McDeere returns in a sequel to ‘The Firm’
‘The Exchange’ sees the return of the protagonist and his wife 15 years after fleeing Memphis.
Scroll Staff
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‘The Lying Life of Adults’: What to expect from Elena Ferrante’s new novel coming this September
Her writing is subversively unforgiving.
Devanshi Khetarpal
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‘It was difficult to imagine that people can run a trade in organs’: Benyamin on his new novel
‘Body and Blood’, recently translated into English from Malayalam, explores the interstices between organ donation and a religious group.
Shevlin Sebastian
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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Mumbai Police give clean chit to Ajit Pawar, his wife, nephew in alleged money-laundering case
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Why is Deepa Anappara’s ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ the toast of international publishing?
A engagingly written and thoroughly researched grim novel about India’s missing children seen through a child’s lens.
Jane Wallace
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With just two novels, Sally Rooney is fast becoming the definitive chronicler of millennial love
Both ‘Conversations With Friends’ and, now, ‘Normal People’ have established the growing reputation of the 27-year-old writer.
Neha Bhatt
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Stephen King’s latest novel wrestles with the question of how to be in two places at one time
Is it science? Is it a miracle? Is it supernatural?
Lloyd Strickland, The Conversation
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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‘I Do What I Do’: Raghuram Rajan’s book on his time as RBI chief will be out on September 4
Besides Rajan’s commentary, it will also include speeches that convey what it was like to head the central bank during his time, publisher HarperCollins said.
Scroll Staff
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Why Venezuela is caught in a vicious cycle of tyranny and liberation
Simon Bolívar’s eventual affinity for dictatorial rule has haunted the South American country.
Kajsa Norman
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Mark Twain's bedtime fairytale to his daughters will be published this year
'The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine' will hit the stalls on September 26 to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s first book.
Scroll Staff
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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Arundhati Roy announces her new novel, ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
The publisher, Hamish Hamilton UK and Penguin India, said it was an honour to be associated with the book, which has been in the making for 20 years.
Scroll Staff
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A new JK Rowling series, 'Stories from Hogwarts' appears to be out for pre-order
The three books are available in ebook format on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but no official announcement has been made on them.
Scroll Staff
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released in India after months of anticipation
The eighth instalment of the popular series takes the form of a script, with the play version being staged at London’s West End in two parts.
Scroll Staff
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