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Urvashi Bahuguna
Urvashi Bahuguna is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘In Sickness & In Health’: A poem by Urvashi Bahuguna
‘When telling a vein / from an illusion, a jacaranda from / a stub is beyond my powers...’
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In how many ways can one person recover from mental health problems? These essays count the steps
An excerpt from ‘No Straight Thing Was Ever Made’, by Urvashi Bahuguna.
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Fiction can tell the real truth about mothers and daughters – and what lies between them
Four novels that visit the anger, resentment, and frustration – and love – in this particular relationship.
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Trending
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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‘How many more days this way, democracy?’: Five poems of lamentation and love from Assam
Politics and violence, language and longing, feature in this selection curated by Urvashi Bahuguna.
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‘A debut can happen at any age. Coming late to publishing doesn’t mean coming late to writing.’
An interview with writer, translator and critic Jenny Bhatt, who has two new books out this year.
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Goa’s Broadway Book Centre is fighting the pandemic with online sales and offline reader intimacy
Founder and owner Khalil Ahmed is digging in for a long haul.
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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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Meet Rajiv Mohabir, the Guyanese poet of Indian origin who writes to remind himself that he is alive
Migration is his ‘dharma’, and his world in poetry stretches to colonialism, linguistic identity, religiosity, and his ancestors.
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Eight stylish South Asian poets in the diaspora you must read for their striking ideas
They navigate what it means to carry with you your family’s story, habits, preferences and attachments across borders.
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‘I began with the premise that the universe was a bureaucracy and god was on indefinite leave’
An interview with Shehan Karunatilaka on his new novel, ‘Chats With The Dead’.
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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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‘Writing the first chapter in my narrator’s voice was how I learnt who he was’: Deepa Anappara
An interview with the author of ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’, a debut novel.
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‘I gift you a rugged map carved from cracks between divorced nations’: Five poems from Kashmir
Verses about their homeland by poets from Kashmir, from the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits to the communications blockade, curated by Urvashi Bahuguna.
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‘I wrote my novel in real time’: Meena Kandasamy on her uniquely structured ‘Exquisite Cadavers’
The writer’s new novel is fiction on one side of the page and fact on the other.
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The Field
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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
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing