Scroll.in
-
Scroll.in
Exchange
The
Plus
Home
Global
Covid-19
Food
Video
Latest
The Reel
The Field
Trending
Covid-19: Why do Indians not want to be tested and why are so few reporting symptoms?
Ramachandra Guha: A tale of three demagogues – and why Modi is the most dangerous to his country
Watch: Singer Ariana Grande is the US president in music video for her new single ‘Positions’
Sushant Singh death: News broadcasting authority directs four channels to apologise for coverage
Watch: Singer Suresh Wadkar sings Sonu Nigam’s song, leaves him in tears during reality show
Opioid crisis: OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will have to pursue profits even as a ‘public trust’
Rani Padmini and four other Hindutva history myths exploded
PM Modi has fixed date of war with China and Pakistan, claims Uttar Pradesh BJP chief
Jean Drèze on why Amartya Sen is the original ‘argumentative Indian par excellence’
Bangladesh is reconsidering coal-fired power plants – but not because of environmental concerns
Why does India think every brown woman with a white man is promiscuous?
The big news: Uddhav Thackeray dares BJP to topple Maharashtra government, and 9 other top stories
Sections
Magazine
Politics
Culture
India
World
Film and TV
Music
Books and Ideas
Business and Economy
Science and Technology
In Pictures
Announcements
Bookshop
Pulse
Exchange
The
Plus
Stories written by
Nandita Haksar
Nandita Haksar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
What does Independence Day mean for India’s street performers as they battle penury amidst pandemic?
What metaphor for our nation will capture the cruelty, the callous disregard for fellow citizens?
Nandita Haksar
· Aug 15, 2020 · 06:30 am
Stranger than fiction: Did the CIA conduct secret mosquito experiments in India in the 1970s?
In Indira Gandhi’s India, conspiracies planted by the KGB were common. Some were outlandish, others terrifying – and true.
Nandita Haksar
· Jul 17, 2020 · 07:30 am
As Manipuri workers return home from Goa, what does the future hold for Baby Emmanuel Quarentino?
It isn’t just the virus that has shattered the dreams of migrant workers – it’s the response to it.
Nandita Haksar
· Jun 16, 2020 · 09:00 am
Trending
See all
Covid-19: Why do Indians not want to be tested and why are so few reporting symptoms?
Yesterday · 09:00 am
Ramachandra Guha: A tale of three demagogues – and why Modi is the most dangerous to his country
Yesterday · 06:30 am
Watch: Singer Ariana Grande is the US president in music video for her new single ‘Positions’
Oct 23, 2020 · 06:36 pm
Watch: Singer Suresh Wadkar sings Sonu Nigam’s song, leaves him in tears during reality show
Oct 22, 2020 · 12:37 pm
Sushant Singh death: News broadcasting authority directs four channels to apologise for coverage
Oct 24, 2020 · 05:06 pm
Filthy toilets, attacked with stones: For North East workers from Goa, a 119-hour nightmare on rails
A train journey to Manipur that should have taken 61 hours stretches into a horror ride as meals fail to arrive and bogies are without water.
Nandita Haksar
· May 27, 2020 · 06:30 am
Covid-19 lockdown: For North East workers in Goa, a struggle for dignity and dreams of home
A Hobson’s choice: stay back in Goa and survive on hand-outs or make the long, hard journey back?
Nandita Haksar
· May 25, 2020 · 06:30 am
The Art of Resistance: Naga resistance is not recent – its history goes back to the 13th century
A long history to standing up to authoritarianism for the Nagas.
Nandita Haksar
&
Sebastian M Hongray
· Jan 01, 2020 · 04:00 am
Video
See all
Watch: TV host Jimmy Kimmel talks of 3-year-old son’s health struggle while debate on insurance rage
Yesterday · 06:18 pm
Watch: Stunning videos of the endangered snow leopard
Yesterday · 03:42 pm
Watch: This Dussehra-themed advertisement from a fashion brand honours doctors fighting Covid-19
Yesterday · 03:15 pm
Watch: Tanzanian comedian recreates scene from Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol-starrer ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’
Yesterday · 02:50 pm
‘Hydrosonic missiles, overcounted Covid-19 deaths’: what Donald Trump said during election rally
Yesterday · 11:22 am
Tribute: Why I feel a sense of loss for Ram Jethmalani despite our deep ideological differences
Noted human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recounts Jethmalani’s tireless work on the case involving Parliament attack convict SAR Geelani.
Nandita Haksar
· Sep 09, 2019 · 06:30 am
Naga resistance is not recent – its history goes back to the 13th century
In ‘Kuknalim’, Nandita Haksar and Sebastian M Hongray collect the testimonies of key individuals associated with the Naga armed resistance.
Nandita Haksar
&
Sebastian M Hongray
· Aug 19, 2019 · 07:30 am
On an uneasy Independence Day, I cannot bear to listen to my favourite freedom song
I feel utterly helpless as I watch every brick of the foundation of a secular, socialist India being smashed to smithereens.
Nandita Haksar
· Aug 15, 2019 · 06:30 am
The Reel
See all
‘Mookuthi Amman’ trailer: The goddess descends from the heavens to expose a fake godman
Yesterday · 07:51 pm
Movies, docs, talks: A guide to the Dharamshala International Film Festival’s online edition
Yesterday · 04:24 pm
How Arjun Bhasin designed a suitable wardrobe for Mira Nair’s ‘A Suitable Boy’
Yesterday · 10:30 am
‘Miss India’ trailer: Keerthy Suresh plays a tea entrepreneur in the United States
Oct 24, 2020 · 06:48 pm
In ‘Matto’s Bicycle’, a labourer pedals away for survival
Oct 24, 2020 · 12:00 pm
Manipur killings, 1987: Charges against Assam Rifles disposed of – though evidence has gone missing
The force has been accused of serious rights violations in Operation Bluebird. Justice has not been done, says the lawyer who fought the original case.
Nandita Haksar
· Jul 16, 2019 · 06:30 am
Post-Pulwama triumphalism spells disaster for Kashmiris – and Indian democracy
It will further alienate the people of Kashmir and polarise the Indian society.
Nandita Haksar
· Mar 13, 2019 · 08:00 am
From ‘White Christmas’ to ‘Santa Went Crazy’: An activist-lawyer’s list of controversial X’Mas songs
Nandita Haksar remembers childhood Christmases in Lagos – and brings her legal ear to holiday tunes that have run into trouble over the decades.
Nandita Haksar
· Dec 25, 2018 · 06:30 am
The Field
See all
Watch: Stokes, Samson star to give Rajasthan Royals a big win over Mumbai Indians in IPL 2020
6 hours ago
Watch: Hardik Pandya produces one of the innings of IPL 2020 with a stunning 60* off 21 balls
Yesterday · 09:45 pm
Cricket South Africa board members resign two days ahead of sport minister’s deadline
Yesterday · 09:27 pm
IPL 2020 Playoffs and Women’s T20 Challenge venues announced, final to be played in Dubai
Yesterday · 09:23 pm
Watch: RR’s Jofra Archer takes a brilliant one-handed catch to send back MI’s Ishan Kishan
Yesterday · 09:17 pm
