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Anvar Alikhan
Anvar Alikhan is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Is there much more of Mumbai than meets the eye in Salman Rushdie’s new novel?
A schoolmate from the writer’s Bombay days searches for hidden clues.
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The Mont Blanc pen and other tales from Salman Rushdie’s life as a Bombay schoolboy
The city, which features in his latest novel, ‘The Golden House’, is an indelible part of Rushdie’s identity.
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From ‘Debonair’ to ‘Cocktail’: How Hugh Hefner’s ‘Playboy’ inspired many second cousins in India
Even before copies of ‘Playboy’ were smuggled into India, an adventurous publisher had launched an Indian version of it.
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Trending
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‘Panchayat’ season 2 review: An entertaining game of trivial pursuit
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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Sri Lanka’s economic tragedy has become India’s opportunity
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From Babri to Gyanvapi, how India’s courts have helped escalate Hindutva claims on mosques
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Watch: How a San Francisco traffic barricade became a place of worship for Hindus in the 1990s
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What made Freddie Mercury’s voice so magical? His teeth
The singer believed his buck teeth gave his voice the special resonance. Scientists now think there was another reason.
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The Indian adventures of Amelia Earhart before she disappeared into oblivion
Exactly 80 years after the famous aviator vanished, new evidence emerges about her possible fate.
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A history lesson for the Tatas (and Indigo) as they consider buying out Air India
A look at the airline’s roller-coaster fortunes over the years.
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Video
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Watch: Industrialist Ratan Tata arrives at the Taj Hotel, Mumbai in a Tata Nano
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Watch: Pakistani woman is reunited with her Indian siblings for the first time since the Partition
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Watch: Unseen video of late cricketer Andrew Symonds from 2015 posted by cricketer Shoaib Akhtar
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‘Let’s keep dancing like we are the class of ’22’: Singer Taylor Swift receives honorary doctorate
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‘Chhoti bacchi ho kya?’: IPL team Lucknow Super Giants tries its hand at viral dialogue
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How Rowan Atkinson has been brilliantly miscast (or the strange case of Inspector Maigret)
Mr Bean now plays the philosophical, world-weary detective created by Georges Simenon.
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Was Roger Moore the best James Bond ever? Or the worst?
The history of the 007 franchise would have been vastly different if Timothy Dalton or Oliver Reed had been picked over Roger Moore.
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The little-known history of how Zoroastrian merchants helped create the old Silk Route
The Zoroastrian-Chinese connection is at least 1,200 years older than we think. Probably even more.
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The Reel
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‘Panchayat’ season 2 review: An entertaining game of trivial pursuit
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‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ trailer: Meet Hulk’s lawyer cousin
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‘Ardh’ trailer: Rajpal Yadav and Rubina Dilaik play migrant dreamers in Mumbai
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Fatima Sana Shaikh: ‘Films have helped me cross an emotional barrier’
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‘Spiderhead’ trailer: Chris Hemsworth watches over prisoners controlled by mind-altering drugs
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Can you spot the Nanavati murder case in these Salman Rushdie and Indra Sinha novels?
Thrown in some facts, garnish with a lot of fiction, and sprinkle some magical realism.
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This book gives an exciting new life to the murder case that rocked Mumbai 60 years ago
Perhaps none of three main players – Nanavati, Sylvia, and Ahuja – were who they were made out to be.
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The romance that caused Dev Anand to be known as ‘Gregory Peck of India’
The American star’s name was hyphenated with Dev Anand’s. But how did that happen?
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The Field
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Archery World Cup: Ridhi Phor, Komalika Bari and Ankita Bhakat win recurve women’s team bronze medal
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French Open: Content on and off court, Naomi Osaka set to make Roland Garros return
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Europa League: Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers 5-4 on penalties for first European title since 1980
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IPL 2022: Quinton de Kock’s century helps LSG edge out KKR, reach playoffs
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Breathtaking hitting: Reactions to Quinton de Kock’s epic knock against KKR in IPL 2022