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Avantika Mehta

Avantika Mehta is a regular Scroll.in contributor

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  1. Uttar Pradesh: Women teachers deputed to help brides get ready, order withdrawn after row

    Uttar Pradesh: Women teachers deputed to help brides get ready, order withdrawn after row
  2. Sharjeel Imam was an unknown JNU student – until he became a police target in five states

    Sharjeel Imam was an unknown JNU student – until he became a police target in five states
  3. 20 times Pakistani-Canadian writer Tarek Fatah has tweeted fake news – often with a communal bite

    20 times Pakistani-Canadian writer Tarek Fatah has tweeted fake news – often with a communal bite
  4. Watch: Union minister Anurag Thakur leads ‘goli maaro saalon ko’ slogans at rally

    Watch: Union minister Anurag Thakur leads ‘goli maaro saalon ko’ slogans at rally
  5. Air India sale: Subramanian Swamy threatens to move court, Congress says BJP selling valuable assets

    Air India sale: Subramanian Swamy threatens to move court, Congress says BJP selling valuable assets

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  1. Watch: Tyler, The Creator accuses the Grammys of racism with music categories like ‘Urban’

    Watch: Tyler, The Creator accuses the Grammys of racism with music categories like ‘Urban’
  2. Watch: BBC ‘News at 10’ runs footage of LeBron James as Kobe Bryant during tribute, angering viewers

    Watch: BBC ‘News at 10’ runs footage of LeBron James as Kobe Bryant during tribute, angering viewers
  3. Watch: MSNBC TV anchor seemingly used a racial slur during a live segment on the late Kobe Bryant

    Watch: MSNBC TV anchor seemingly used a racial slur during a live segment on the late Kobe Bryant
  4. Watch: Union minister Anurag Thakur leads ‘goli maaro saalon ko’ slogans at rally

    Watch: Union minister Anurag Thakur leads ‘goli maaro saalon ko’ slogans at rally
  5. Watch: If you have never seen a flying cat, this video is for you

    Watch: If you have never seen a flying cat, this video is for you

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  1. Bollywood box office: ‘Street Dancer 3D’ shimmies ahead of ‘Panga’ in opening weekend

    Bollywood box office: ‘Street Dancer 3D’ shimmies ahead of ‘Panga’ in opening weekend
  2. Deepika Padukone and Rishi Kapoor to star in Hindi remake of ‘The Intern’

    Deepika Padukone and Rishi Kapoor to star in Hindi remake of ‘The Intern’
  3. Documentary on Kolkata’s Jewish community is ‘a story of a diaspora of hope’

    Documentary on Kolkata’s Jewish community is ‘a story of a diaspora of hope’
  4. Is the very, very, very long trailer ruining the movie experience?

    Is the very, very, very long trailer ruining the movie experience?
  5. In a documentary on the British view of India before freedom, the Empire strikes back

    In a documentary on the British view of India before freedom, the Empire strikes back