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Kanishka Gupta
Kanishka Gupta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Interview: Does a literary jury need to think differently in the year of a pandemic?
The five members of the JCB Prize for Literature jury weigh in.
Kanishka Gupta
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While book publishers slowed down during the pandemic, this writing platform accelerated
An interview with Devashish Sharma, Country Head, India, of the writing platform Wattpad.
Kanishka Gupta & Amish Mulmi
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How a bookshop-in-mall chain learnt to stop worrying about, and start loving, the new normal
An interview with Ajay Mago, managing director of Om Book Shop, whose bookstores range across malls in India.
Kanishka Gupta
Trending
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Readers’ comments: Freedom to choose religion is constitutional, but did not include ‘missionaries’
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Wrestlers protest shows how Indian law is a tool of oppression rather than an instrument of justice
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New Parliament building seeks to legitimise Hindutva victory over India’s multicultural past
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‘Who will stage the inaugural walkout?’: Cartoonists chuckle over India’s new Parliament building
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Malaysia Masters: HS Prannoy and the sweet satisfaction of long-awaited success
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Why (and how) a food delivery company expanded its service into taking books to customers
An interview with Vivek Sunder, COO, Swiggy, on his company’s foray into book delivery during the pandemic.
Kanishka Gupta & Amish Raj Mulmi
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How the New India Foundation is dealing with the pandemic for its fellowships for non-fiction books
An interview with NIF trustee Srinath Raghavan.
Kanishka Gupta
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‘Reading helps cope with stress and provides creative solutions in the uncertain times of Covid-19’
An interview with psychiatrist Shyam Bhat on the importance of books and reading during the pandemic.
Kanishka Gupta & Neelini Sarkar
Video
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Watch: Director forgets scroll after winning Palme d’Or at Cannes, Jane Fonda throws it at her
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Watch: Climate activists storm rugby field, scatter orange powder, disrupt match
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Watch: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar plays volleyball with police personnel in Dehradun
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Watch: Excavator falls into sea with operator inside during embankment construction in Kerala
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Eco India: How can the practice of agroforestry boost food security in Meghalaya?
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How this independent bookshop in Toronto weathered the lockdown has lessons for India’s bookstores
An interview with Anjula Gogia, events coordinator at Another Story Bookshop.
Kanishka Gupta, Neelini Sarkar & Meenakshi Alimchandani
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While the pandemic forces publishers to slow down, this literary journal is relaunching itself
Why did two of the four original founders of ‘nether’ choose this time? What do they hope to achieve? An interview.
Kanishka Gupta
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Six indie bookstores have founded an association of bookshops. What do they hope to achieve?
An interview with two of the founders of the Independent Bookshops Association of India, Leonard Fernandes and Raman Shresta.
Kanishka Gupta
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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‘2018’ review: A heart-tugging Kerala story
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The Art of Solitude: Hope-greetings in the times of Covid-19
‘Hope you’re numbers-estimates-targets-toll unnotching / Hope you’re purposefully delaying...’
Kanishka Gupta
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Could the coronavirus pandemic lock down Indian publishing for some time?
Online and brick-and-mortar retailers have cut back drastically on orders as customer footfalls and sales dwindle.
Kanishka Gupta
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‘Babu Bangladesh’: A literary agent remembers the making of a debut novel – and its author’s death
Published after the tragic death of its author Numair Choudhury, ‘Babu Bangladesh’ is the only posthumous debut to be shortlisted for a literary prize in India.
Kanishka Gupta
The Field
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Malaysia Masters: HS Prannoy and the sweet satisfaction of long-awaited success
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Watch highlights: HS Prannoy clinches Malaysia Masters with superb win over Weng Hong Yang
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IPL 2023, Final, CSK vs GT as it happened: Match postponed due to rain, to be played on Monday
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In visuals: Protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat detained by Delhi Police
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Malaysia Masters Super 500 final as it happened: HS Prannoy clinches his first BWF World Tour title