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Rakhshanda Jalil

Rakhshanda Jalil is a regular Scroll.in contributor

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  1. ‘The Planning Commission did not keep India poor. It actually kept India together’: Jairam Ramesh

    ‘The Planning Commission did not keep India poor. It actually kept India together’: Jairam Ramesh
  2. DD vs KXIP, as it happened: Delhi Daredevils mess up chase of 144, Kings XI Punjab win by 4 runs

    DD vs KXIP, as it happened: Delhi Daredevils mess up chase of 144, Kings XI Punjab win by 4 runs
  3. Amazon India deletes actor Swara Bhasker’s tweet endorsing the company after Twitter outrage

    Amazon India deletes actor Swara Bhasker’s tweet endorsing the company after Twitter outrage
  4. Tweet about man cancelling Ola cab because driver was Muslim provokes outrage (followed by humour)

    Tweet about man cancelling Ola cab because driver was Muslim provokes outrage (followed by humour)
  5. Why vegetarian states love the BJP but non-vegetarian states prefer their own parties

    Why vegetarian states love the BJP but non-vegetarian states prefer their own parties

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  1. Watch: A Pakistani humorist had to apologise for a sketch which Sindhis have found racist

    Watch: A Pakistani humorist had to apologise for a sketch which Sindhis have found racist
  2. Video: ‘Failed, succeeded, for us he was always ‘apla’ Sachin’: Rajdeep Sardesai on Sachin Tendulkar

    Video: ‘Failed, succeeded, for us he was always ‘apla’ Sachin’: Rajdeep Sardesai on Sachin Tendulkar
  3. Video: What we need to know to make our homes, schools and the internet safer for our children

    Video: What we need to know to make our homes, schools and the internet safer for our children
  4. Watch: Meet Daisy, who can take apart your old iPhone to harvest valuable parts for recycling

    Watch: Meet Daisy, who can take apart your old iPhone to harvest valuable parts for recycling
  5. Watch: Want to eat some cake? Let this extraordinary (and largely useless) machine serve you

    Watch: Want to eat some cake? Let this extraordinary (and largely useless) machine serve you

The Reel

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  1. ‘Cake’: Why no one can get enough of this Pakistani slice-of-life movie

    ‘Cake’: Why no one can get enough of this Pakistani slice-of-life movie
  2. Film based on ‘Blue Planet II’ to be released in Indian theatres on May 18

    Film based on ‘Blue Planet II’ to be released in Indian theatres on May 18
  3. Trailer talk: In mini-series on Gillian Flynn’s ‘Sharp Objects’, corpses and ghosts

    Trailer talk: In mini-series on Gillian Flynn’s ‘Sharp Objects’, corpses and ghosts
  4. Teaser for Sai Dhansika’s ‘Mela’ promises stranger things

    Teaser for Sai Dhansika’s ‘Mela’ promises stranger things
  5. Waheeda Rehman on Satyajit Ray: ‘He made films the way they should be made’

    Waheeda Rehman on Satyajit Ray: ‘He made films the way they should be made’

The Field

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  1. Mo Salah will stay and make history at Liverpool, says captain Jordan Henderson

    Mo Salah will stay and make history at Liverpool, says captain Jordan Henderson
  2. NBA: James Harden’s third-quarter blitz helps Houston Rockets rout Minnesota Timberwolves

    NBA: James Harden’s third-quarter blitz helps Houston Rockets rout Minnesota Timberwolves
  3. IPL 11: Umpires asked to be more vigilant by administrators after string of bad decisions

    IPL 11: Umpires asked to be more vigilant by administrators after string of bad decisions
  4. IPL: Delhi Daredevils implode in chase of 144 as Kings XI Punjab pull off last-ball four-run win

    IPL: Delhi Daredevils implode in chase of 144 as Kings XI Punjab pull off last-ball four-run win
  5. Indo-Pak series: What PCB has is letter of intent not binding contract, says BCCI acting secretary

    Indo-Pak series: What PCB has is letter of intent not binding contract, says BCCI acting secretary