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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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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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 Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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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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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit