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Astha Rawat
Astha Rawat is a Scroll.in staffer.
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Video: Meet the two Indian engineers who helped Stephen Hawking talk
After Arun Mehta and Vickram Crishna met the scientist, they developed eLocutor, a single-button typing and speaking software.
Astha Rawat
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Video series: ‘Hinduism has a very wide understanding of sex,’ says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik
Episode 6: A special series where author, illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste, food, marriage, menstruation to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: How did menstrual blood become taboo in Hinduism
Episode 5: In a special series, Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage, period blood to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
Trending
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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British businessman wins defamation case against Republic Bharat for calling him an ISI ‘stooge’
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Fact check: In Germany, Modi made several untrue claims about India’s growth
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Time travel: A theoretical physicist explains the paradoxes of going to the past or future
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In Udaipur, family of murdered tailor say they don't know who wrote the post supporting Nupur Sharma
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Video series: When, why and how did the concept of marriage originate in Hinduism?
Episode 4: In a special series, Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: “You can’t equate vegetarian food with Hinduism,” says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik
Episode 3 in a special series where Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video series: ‘I don’t think god cares what you dress up as,’ says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik
A special series where author and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik talks about all things Hindu from caste system, food, clothes, marriage to homosexuality.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
Video
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Watch: Mexico mayor ‘marries’ crocodile to honour age-old indigenous ritual
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Watch: Devotees participate in rath yatra festival festivities on Florida beach
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Watch: First same-sex couples in Switzerland get married after ‘Marriage for All’ law is passed
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Watch: Comic trio’s hilarious recreation of ‘Annual Day’ dance performances in schools
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‘Not prime minister, he’s a salesman’: Watch Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s searing criticism
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Video series: ‘It will take another 100 years for caste hierarchy and purity nonsense to go away’
Episode 1: Decoding Hinduism with mythologist, author and illustrator Devdutt Pattanaik.
Sannuta Raghu & Astha Rawat
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Video: Everything you want to know about Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency dominating global headlines
Is bitcoin a ponzi scheme or a revolution that the financial system so badly needs?
Astha Rawat
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Songs for the New Year: Two tunes that could act as road maps for the journey of 2018
Scroll staffers pick their favourite tunes.
Astha Rawat & Tonella Francisca Coutinho
The Reel
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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Video: Who are the Rajputs and why are they offended by Deepika Padukone starrer Padmavati?
To let others interpret and reimagine Padmavati becomes too big a loss for the Rajput identity.
Astha Rawat
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Video: Is the samosa Indian or foreign?
The recorded origin story of India’s favourite snack goes back around many centuries.
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Ramachandra Guha says ‘Lal Bahadur Shastri was a remarkable leader who did not get his due’
Guha explains how Shastri’s slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ is the crux of his contributions towards agriculture self sufficiency and defence modernization.
Astha Rawat & Anmol Kanojia
The Field
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Badminton, Malaysia Masters Super 500: PV Sindhu faces tough ask, HS Prannoy to lead men's charge
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Watch: Jasprit Bumrah’s super delivery to dismiss Zak Crawley and break England’s opening stand
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Sri Lanka vs India: Renuka’s four-for and Mandhana-Shafali’s record stand give India series win
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Watch, Sri Lanka v India: Alert Yastika Bhatia brilliantly dismisses Anushka Sanjeewani
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Premier League: Arsenal sign striker Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City