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Malini Nair
Malini Nair is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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In the shadow of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, an art project is helping homeless women ‘map their lives’
Through ‘Axial Margins’, these women are learning to ‘speak’ of their environment through art.
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The legend of Baiju Bawra: Was there ever a musician who could melt marble with his singular voice?
There’s more to the mystery than what was immortalised on screen.
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The woman pioneer who composed landmark operas in India in defiance of music traditionalists
Shanno Khurana created ‘Sohni Mahiwal’, ‘Jahanara’ and more in the 1960s and ’70s, a time when classical vocal music was staunchly insular.
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Trending
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Journalist Nidhi Razdan says her Harvard University offer was fraudulent, calls it a phishing attack
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Why is India buying an untested vaccine when a cheaper option with better safety data is available?
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Watch: Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy dances with contagious energy
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‘Want to protect the privacy of our child’: Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli send hampers to paparazzi
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Why some Trump supporters believe there’s another American Revolution coming
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The director of the play cancelled in Jaipur explains why artists shouldn’t give in to the mob
Abhishek Majumdar has built a remarkable body of work in a decade. His plays sweep a wide arc, but they always talk of humanism and its fight against tyranny.
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Can Sita still be the ideal woman? A new telling of the Ramayana in her voice prompts the question
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s ‘The Forest of Enchantments’ places Sita at the heart of the story but suffers from a lack of restraint.
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Why kathak artists (including Birju Maharaj) are ardent fans of Michael Jackson’s dance moves
Like kathak, the king of pop placed emphasis on the small things – the glance, the movement of a single finger (almost like mudras) – and on delicacy.
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Video
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Watch: Meet Sanny the dog, who went from chasing cats to nursing them
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Masks missing: Thousands gather in Haridwar for Kumbh Mela 2021, flouting Covid-19 concerns
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‘Very worrying and disturbing’: British MPs debate persecution of minorities in India
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‘Electricity bill is already so high’: Comic Danish Sait reacts to Tesla coming to India
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Watch: S Hussain Zaidi on the influence of Dawood Ibrahim’s police constable father
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A new play shows a side of Bhagat Singh that politicians and Bollywood movies gloss over
Navtej Johar’s ‘Tanashah’ goes beyond the ‘sentimentalised perceptions’ of Singh and focuses on his own connect with the revolutionary.
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Becoming Vilayat Khan: A refreshing biography brings the sitar maestro to life, warts and all
Namita Devidayal’s ‘The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan’ is a much-needed addition to literature about Hindustani classical musicians.
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Satire and the Malayali: Why India’s best cartoonists almost always come from Kerala
Political cartooning and Kerala have been a perfect match since the first cartoon was published in the state in 1919.
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The Reel
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‘Aapkey Kamrey Mein Koi Rehta Hai’ trailer: Horror comedy stars Swara Bhaskar, Sumeet Vyas
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‘Cherry’ trailer: Tom Holland plays a troubled soldier in coming-of-age movie by the Russo brothers
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‘Tribhanga’ review: A dance between imperfect mothers and difficult daughters
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‘Gullak’ season 2 review: The Mishras are back, but their handlers have changed
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‘Tandav’ review: A Raisina Hill Confidential seething with dynasts and dark deeds
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Subversive in verse: How Delhi’s Urdu poets once challenged emperors and clerics
At a time when the offence-taking machinery is in overdrive, it is hard to imagine an era when poets wore defiance as a badge of honour.
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Shurpanakha as an anti-hero: In Kerala’s theatre and classic texts, an epic wrong is set right
In a staging of the play ‘Shurpanakhankam’ in Delhi, the character was not a cardboard vamp – but the centrepiece.
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How Kerala came to embrace the unfamiliar musical genre of ghazals
In a landscape dominated by Carnatic music, ghazals were largely alien until the 1980s. Umbayi, who died earlier this month, changed that.
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The Field
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Premier League preview: Manchester United-Liverpool top of the table clash headlines crucial weekend
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Brisbane Test, day two: Natarajan, Washington pick three each on debut, Australia bowled out for 369
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Fantasy Premier League, Double Gameweek 19: Best fixtures, players to buy and captaincy options
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Australia vs India, Brisbane Test, Day 2 live: Rohit falls to Lyon after a classy 44
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I-League wrap: Dicka on target as Real Kashmir beat Chennai City FC, Imphal derby ends in a draw