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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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Covid-19: Little evidence for surface transmission – so you can stop disinfecting every object
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Ramachandra Guha: Despite denouncing the Mughal and British empires, Modi is imitating their hubris
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Can god be disproved using the laws of physics? An expert explains how it depends on perspective
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Covid-19: Arunachal Pradesh has zero infections, India reports 16,752 new cases on Sunday
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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: US Vice-President Kamala Harris talks to Nasa astronaut Victor Glover in space
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Watch: Isro’s PSLV rocket lifts off with Brazil’s Amazonia-1 and 18 other satellites
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Watch: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ trailer created with Lego bricks, frame by frame, by Augustus Danko
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Watch: The Niagara Falls has partly frozen over, enthralling visitors
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Watch: Comedian from Pakistan presents tutorial on how to speak English like Shashi Tharoor
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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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‘A Married Woman’ writer Manju Kapur: ‘Prejudices can be stoked so easily’
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‘Own the Room’ trailer: Five student entrepreneurs compete for a $100,000 prize
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‘The One’ trailer: In futuristic series, a DNA test locates the perfect partner
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‘The Girl on the Train’ review: An alcoholic is accused of a murder she can’t remember
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‘Mumbai Saga’ trailer: It’s John Abraham’s gangster versus Emraan Hashmi’s cop
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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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Watch: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat pulls off epic move in closing seconds to win gold on return to mat
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Expect written assurance from BCCI by March regarding visas for Pakistan contingent: PCB chief
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Football: Indian Women's League 2020-’21 edition to be held in Odisha
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ICC Test rankings: Rohit Sharma reaches career-best eighth position, Ashwin in top three for bowlers
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Shooting: Indian pairs disappoint in skeet mixed team event at ISSF Shotgun World Cup