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Shireen Quadri
Shireen Quadri is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘I was unconsciously recording the seething intolerance and incipient rise of saffron in Bengal’
An interview with Saikat Majumdar, author of ‘The Scent of God’, a novel that has proved prescient in more ways than one.
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‘I wanted to broaden and complicate the way one understands life in Afghanistan’: Jamil Jan Kochai
The writer’s debut novel, ‘99 Nights in Logar’, was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
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Insights from the DSC Prize jurors into how a literary prize jury picks its winners
The longlist comprised three works of translation, seven women authors and seven debut novelists.
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Trending
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Big picture: How the Adani crash unfolded and what it could do to the Indian economy
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Explainer: Why a Supreme Court verdict has sparked statewide protests in Sikkim
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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‘I turned my impatience into something useful’: Ruth Ozeki, winner of 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction
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What the rise and fall of Adani stocks says about the Indian state and private capital
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‘I wanted to understand how women live with misogynistic values’: Sadia Abbas on ‘The Empty Room’
The Pakistani author’s debut novel was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019
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‘I conceived the book as a cosmological novel’: Chigozie Obioma on ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’
Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 for his second novel.
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‘I have no contempt for the ordinary’: Lucy Ellmann, author of a 430,000-word, 1034-page novel
A conversation with the author of ‘Ducks, Newburyport’, winner of the 2019 Goldsmiths Prize and shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize.
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Video
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Watch: Bill Gates learns how to make a roti from American celebrity chef Eitan Bernath
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Watch: German dog trainer sets world record for making 14 dogs walk in a conga line
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Watch: E-rickshaw driver escapes police pursuit on Amritsar’s streets
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
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‘Things are not what they seem’: How Haruki Murakami blurs the lines of reality in his novels
Some readers have grown weary of the tropes in the bestselling author’s books but few writers can do what he does.
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This debut novel tells an unusual love story of outcasts in Lahore, spun with sensitivity and rage
Faiqa Mansab’s ‘This House of Clay and Water’ follows the struggle of two women and a transgender.
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This novel reminds us we have chosen to ignore the darkness beneath the dazzle of modern India
An unlikely friendship between two women is a framework for a story of exploitative and abusive traditions that are still followed.
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The Reel
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‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ review: A heavily spiced account of an audacious jailbreak
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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‘Faraaz’ review: A shallow exploration of 2016 Dhaka terror attack
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‘The Whale’ review: Brendan Fraser is the heart of soul of redemption saga
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‘The Woman King’ review: A giddy mix of history and fantasy
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This intriguing, edgy collection of stories could well have been called ‘Humans of Sri Lanka’
People who represent passion, obsession, shame, neglect, greed, compassion, and, of course selfless love.
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This instagram account shows why books are also beautiful objects
#bookstagram is a one of the most popular hashtags on instagram.
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The stories may be erotic, but this novel tells frightening truths about Punjabi lives in Southall
Balli Kaur Jaswal’s diaspora fiction is ruthlessly real under the gentle guise of sex, romance and crime.
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The Field
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Tennis: Nick Kyrgios pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend but avoids conviction
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Olympics: USA backs move for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at Paris as neutral athletes
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La Liga: Real Madrid beat Valencia to cut Barcelona’s lead but lose Karim Benzema to injury
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ISL: Odisha FC move to sixth after draw to leave Chennaiyin FC’s playoff hopes hanging by a thread
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Premier League: Record signing Enzo Fernandez set for Chelsea debut while Tottenham host Man City