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Urmi Chanda
Urmi Chanda-Vaz is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘History for Peace Tracts’: Truths, histories may be multifaceted but peaceful existence is the goal
Reviews of essay lectures written by Krishna Kumar, Yousuf Saeed, and Rajeev Bhargava.
Urmi Chanda
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In times of endless strife, what can the ordinary person do to build peace?
The idea of positive peace goes beyond the absence of violence and instead seeks to create an ecosystem that makes peaceful and successful lives possible.
Urmi Chanda
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‘The Indians’: Historians tell the many histories of India with humanness and scholarly objectivity
The expansive compendium of short essays on India by subject-matter experts, whose perspectives are suited to those who like history without a side of rhetoric.
Urmi Chanda
Trending
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Women’s Prize for Fiction: A reader’s guide to the six books on the 2024 shortlist
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How Shaheen Bagh inspired me to organise India’s first forum for interfaith arts and dialogue
Behind the scenes at In Sync, a festival inspired by the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Urmi Chanda
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‘In Search of the Divine’: Where Sufism’s syncretic legacy meets author Rana Safvi’s personal faith
A combination of information, insights, and inspiration.
Urmi Chanda
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How the Mahabharata rules the national imagination through a mix of fact and fantasy
Ganesh Devy’s new book locates the epic in the lives of Indians and asks how this became possible.
Urmi Chanda
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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What can notions of dharma and contemporary law tell us about the Ramayana? Two books investigate
While Arshia Sattar teases out the meaning of ‘maryada’ in her new book, Anil and Vipul Maheshwari look at the Ramayana through the lens of contemporary law.
Urmi Chanda
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This book identifies frameworks to foster peace, not violence, through diverse religions
A scholar of comparative religion explains how there are possibilities of pluralism in all faiths, despite how much at odds they seem with one another.
Urmi Chanda
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Suraj Yengde’s new book unapologetically calls out the caste elephant in every room in modern India
In ‘Caste Matters’, a first generation scholar from a Dalit family tears angrily into Brahmanism.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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This book examines the role and representation of the human body in India’s diverse cultures
Alka Pande’s ‘Body Sutra’ reminds us that the body has always been the site of art and violence, and the symbol and landscape of cultural churning.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Muhammad Bin Tughlaq’s story cannot be told in an unconvincing, furious account of a violent life
Anuja Chandramouli’s ‘Muhammad Bin Tughlaq: Tale of a Tyrant’ is formulaic and shallow, not worthy of historical fiction.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
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Why are most Indian museums so bad at preserving history? A conservation expert explains
On the sidelines of an exhibition at CSMVS Mumbai, Anupam Sah spoke about the state of conservation in Indian museums.
Urmi Chanda-Vaz
The Field
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals