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Shreya Sen Handley
Shreya Sen Handley is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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A new travelogue meanders through the fun and freedom of travelling as a family (complete with dog)
An excerpt from ‘Handle with Care: Travels with My Family (To Say Nothing of the Dog)’, by Shreya Sen-Handley.
Shreya Sen Handley
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A retirement home for domestic workers, but who are they? One of the ‘Strange’ stories in a new book
Shreya Sen Handley’s book ‘Strange’ explores the unexpected in every story.
Shreya Sen Handley
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Memoir: How a woman must be ‘worthy’ of a man for marriage (and what happens when she isn’t)
An outspoken memoir of a woman’s journey with her body has just been published.
Shreya Sen Handley
Trending
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Subhas Chandra Bose and Emilie Schenkl: A marriage that defied the Third Reich
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An 18th-century letter to Bombay shows what it was like to be in service of the East India Company
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In Godhra, Bilkis Bano convicts felicitated by RSS member soon after their release
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How the trauma of Partition survivors has been intensified by India-Pakistan animosity
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The killing of four Shia Muslims in the US shows how sectarian schisms get exported
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Why it doesn’t suit anyone to acknowledge Jane Austen as a radical writer
But, say some, ‘we read her because we feel she understands us ––despite being born over two centuries ago.’
Shreya Sen Handley
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Happy fiftieth birthday, Adrian Mole. What would you have said about today’s world?
The lovable loser in Sue Townsend’s darkly funny series of novels turned 50 on April 2.
Shreya Sen Handley
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Don’t you just love a novel that makes you want to visit the place it’s set in?
How can you read Harry Potter and not explore Paddington?
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Video
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'Never gonna give you up': British musician Rick Astley recreates his 1987 hit for insurance ad
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Caught on live TV: Man steals beachgoer’s bag in Barcelona, arrested later
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Watch: Elephant returns a child’s shoe that fell into its zoo enclosure
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Caught on camera: Criminals rob Rs 6 lakh at gunpoint from Prayagraj shop with people inside
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‘Looks like fried rice’: Comedian Saloni Gaur’s mother, grandmother roast her in spoof on complexion
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Gurinder Chadha defends Partition drama ‘Viceroy’s House’: ‘I was not making a movie for experts’
The British director’s depiction of Viceroy Louis Mountbatten’s final days in the subcontinent in 1947 has been criticised as simplistic and glossy.
Shreya Sen Handley
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Why the world needs a new book from Philip Pullman (and why it’s lucky that one is on its way)
The ‘His Dark Materials’ series mirrored much of today’s real life. ‘The Book of Dust’ should hold out hope.
Shreya Sen Handley
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‘Fifty Shades’ is back in theatres. That’s no reason to re-read the books. Especially not in 2017
Nope, it’s not darker. It’s dorkier. Especially in the Age of Trump.
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The Reel
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‘Khamosh Pani’ revisited: ‘A reminder of the path we took and the price we pay now’
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‘Between Two Dawns’ review: A gripping film about workplace ethics
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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Born to run, from mental illness: What Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography really is about
There’s music, but, most important, this is The Boss’s story of his battle with his mind.
Shreya Sen Handley
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Enid Blyton’s Famous Five give up booze and gluten, become parents. Are you ready for this?
Reckless but harmless speculation on the storylines of the four books.
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What if Harry Potter had been a student of JNU?
At Hogwarts, too, the students stood up for their right to be passionately involved with people, ideas and causes.
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The Field
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Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI: Hosts post 189, Deepak Chahar picks up three-for on return
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Tennis: Dominic Thiem, Venus Williams, Sofia Kenin among US Open wild cards
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Premier League: Thomas Tuchel, Antonio Conte charged for clash during Chelsea-Spurs draw
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Ultimate Kho Kho: Chennai Quick Guns beat Telugu Yoddhas; Gujarat Giants complete hat-trick of wins
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Cincinnati Masters: Rafael Nadal loses ‘difficult’ match against Borna Coric; Emma Raducanu rolls on