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Avantika Mehta
Avantika Mehta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘What We Carry’: Maya Shanbhag Lang’s memoir reveals the dark sides of mother-daughter relationships
The memoir shows the pressures a new mother can come under – from her own mother.
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‘The Wall’ can be read as a continuation in fiction of Gautam Bhatia’s work on freedom and equality
A review of the lawyer’s debut novel of speculative fiction.
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Haute action: From Vogue to mall stores, everyone wants a piece of India’s wedding fashion market
The wedding sector is estimated to be valued at $54 billion. No designer can afford to ignore it.
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Trending
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Has Rahul Gandhi really defamed all Modis in India? No, say legal experts
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Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency declared vacant hours after Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as MP
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Aata Saata: An age-old custom of bartering brides survives till today in Rajasthan
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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A jail sentence for Rahul Gandhi in India’s new vishwaguru democracy
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A silent movement for the legalisation of cannabis is spreading across India
The Great Legalisation Movement has two agendas: quietly provide cannabis oil to cancer patients, and press the government to lift the ban on using marijuana.
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A temple in Himachal Pradesh stands as a beacon of hope for religious tolerance
Surrounded by mountains and a river flowing below, the Trilokinath temple brings together people from two faiths – Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Your masterji copying a Sabyasachi lehenga is only the tip of India’s fashion plagiarism problem
An Instagram account is forcing the Indian fashion industry and its consumers to address issues that were swept under the carpet for decades.
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Video
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Watch: Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra breaks into a dance at the Indian Sports Honours awards
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Watch: Massive tornado hits Fazilka in Punjab, damages crops and buildings badly
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Watch: Special in-flight welcome for Oscar-winning ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ couple
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Watch: British PM Rishi Sunak plays cricket with England’s T20 World Cup-winning team
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Watch: Tornado swirling up to a height of 120,000 kilometres observed on the surface of the sun
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Supreme Court stays HC bail order granted to former OP Jindal university students in rape case
A woman had alleged that her fellow students had blackmailed her into having sex with them.
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Social media addiction has its perils, but Instagram is where young Indians come to bare their soul
When strangers online become your community, where else do you go to discuss sexuality, art and politics?
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Suicide attempts are no longer punishable by law. Here’s why that’s a good thing
Decriminalising suicide is one step closer to addressing India’s huge mental health crisis.
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The Reel
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘No one eats non-veg openly here’: Ahmedabad’s food lovers on the city’s cultural aversion to meat
New Irani Café’s famous maska-bun used to come with a layer of egg, until customers began asking for ‘Hindu-buns’.
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When the Gujarati word for fun described rioting, looting and murder
In Ahmedabad, a museum dedicated to conflict reminds us of Gujarat’s trysts with violence.
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‘They wish every day to be dead’: The struggles of children in Gujarat’s riot rehabilitation camps
The children of the riots continue to suffer psychological and physical scars, which no one in the administration has attempted to understand, let alone heal.
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The Field
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Sports world daily: Mbappe off to winning start as France captain; Alcaraz cruises at Miami Masters
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Boxing World C’ships: Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain lead India’s charge for gold medals in finals
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Swiss Open Super 300, QF as it happened: Satwik/Chirag come-from-behind to defeat Bay/Molhede
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WPL 2023: Issy Wong takes the first Women’s Premier League hat-trick for MI vs UPW in Eliminator
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WPL 2023, Eliminator, MI vs UPW blog: Sciver-Brunt, Wong star as Mumbai Indians reach final