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Satvika Kundu
Satvika Kundu is a Scroll.in staffer.
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Watch: Poetry collective UnErase wants to fight censorship with ‘52 seconds for free speech’
‘It takes 52 seconds to stand up for the national anthem. It is time we take these 52 seconds to stand up for free speech.’
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Watch: ‘Baraf’ shows Mumbai’s ice haulers hard at work
Niyantha Shekar and Anirudh Ganapathy follow the men who make and transport ice at Mumbai’s Sassoon Docks.
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Watch: A Delhi band is inspiring people with a music video to defy expected norms of behaviour
‘Don’t stand too tall, don’t crouch too low, don’t let them know all the things that you know; don’t be a funny girl but don’t be a bore.’
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Trending
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Saba Naqvi: The Narendra Modi cult moves up another level
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India loses its status as ‘free’ in Freedom House’s 2021 report
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The changing map of India from 1 AD to the 20th century
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A technical glitch that halted NSE trading for hours has the Indian government worried
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Watch: Actor Govinda dances with his daughter, Tina Ahuja. Video promptly goes viral
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Watch: Poetry meets video to break the shackles of a gendered, heteronormative society
‘Gender of the Moon’ is an attempt to initiate a dialogue about toxic masculinity.
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Watch: Are you a mop? They have replaced human beings in this endearing music video
‘Wild’ makes us question what it means to be human.
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‘Zaroorat Nahi’: An emotive sand animation by Jamia Milia students draws attention to Kashmir
What Kashmir was versus what Kashmir is.
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Video
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Watch: Actor Govinda dances with his daughter, Tina Ahuja. Video promptly goes viral
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Watch: China working on uprooting, assimilating Uighurs away from homes, BBC investigation claims
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‘I’m a rebel’: This song by rapper Raja Kumari features actors Bani J and Kiara Advani
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Watch: US military releases video of 2020 Iran attack on America’s Al-Asad airbase in Iraq
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Watch: SpaceX starship prototype explodes shortly after landing successfully
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Watch: JNU’s famous rapper is back. This time he’s singing against the JNU Vice Chancellor
‘If Swachh Bharat was a real mission, it would be cleaning the likes of [the JNU VC].’
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‘I choose to be free’: On Women’s Day, a ‘brazen’ poem reminds women to live without fear or regret
‘Because freedom is not an allowance, it's mine to breathe.’
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Video: Had enough of bromances in films? Listen to this poem on the bonds of sisterhood
Charul Prabhakar has also had enough of the stereotyped depiction of relationships between women.
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The Reel
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Charles Sobhraj mini-series ‘The Serpent’ heading to Netflix
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‘Thaen’ trailer: In Tamil film, a tribal beekeeping couple tackle apathy and poverty
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‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ trailer: Rana Daggubati plays a saviour of elephants
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‘Without Remorse’ trailer: Michael B Jordan’s US Navy Seal John Clark wages war on the Russians
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‘Scam 1992’ team reunites for series on stamp paper fraudster Abdul Karim Telgi
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‘Mughlai Wrap’: A hip-hop music video from NID Ahmedabad asks India to stop hating Mughals
‘There are no outsiders or insiders in India.’
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‘Translated Disney’: This woman’s fierce poem attacks the glorification of the English language
‘English in India is sucking up to the colonialists, but forgetting they left a long time ago’
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Watch: This short film is a tribute to the legacy of, and times spent with, Old Monk rum
Celebrating the, well, spirit of friendship.
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The Field
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Shooting: Indian women’s trap team win silver medal at ISSF Shotgun World Cup
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Boxing: Mohammed Hussamuddin reaches semi-finals at Boxam International, Amit Panghal bows out
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Indian tennis: Sania Mirza’s impressive doubles run at Qatar Open ends in semi-finals
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Temba Bavuma named South Africa’s limited-overs captain, Dean Elgar to lead the Test team
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Table Tennis: Indian challenge in Doha ends after Sharath Kamal loses in pre-quarterfinals