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Rohan Datta

Interview: ‘Bhagat Singh is an important symbol of resistance against injustice and oppression’

Chaman Lal, author of ‘Life & Legend of Bhagat Singh (A Pictorial Volume)’, talked about his life’s work on the inspirational freedom fighter.

Rohan Datta
· Apr 22, 2023 · 08:30 am
‘It’s not about banking, it’s about the psychology of bankers’: Tamal Bandyopadhyay on his new book

An interview with the finance journalist about his latest book ‘Roller Coaster: An Affair with Banking’.

Rohan Datta
· Mar 11, 2023 · 12:30 pm
Things that made us smile: An eight-hour-long lullaby that gave me refuge

Scroll staffers on the small things that make life brighter.

Rohan Datta
· Jan 01, 2023 · 12:01 am

While other libraries closed down, this community library in rural UP was begun during the pandemic

Law student Jatin Lalit Singh took his learnings from Delhi’s Community Library Project to the village of Bansa.

Rohan Datta
· Aug 03, 2021 · 08:30 am
How a student in rural Bengal is defying the pandemic (and cyclones) with his libraries

Soumyadipta Bose has got his modest libraries for children going despite the second wave of Covid-19.

Rohan Datta
· Jun 23, 2021 · 08:30 am
Why the prize money for Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2021 is going to Covid-19 relief

The Shakti Bhatt Foundation declared it would not select a literary winner this year, but give Rs one lakh each to three separate efforts to combat Covid-19.

Rohan Datta
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Narayani Basu
· May 29, 2021 · 08:30 am

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Nov 07, 2024 · 03:30 pm

How Kolkata’s famous Mohan’s Bookshop lost its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic

Mohan Tiwari and, later, his son Gopal Tiwari, ran the iconic bookshop for decades.

Rohan Datta
· May 02, 2021 · 12:30 pm
Born in the pandemic, these libraries in Bengal run with meagre resources but get people reading

One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books.

Rohan Datta
· Apr 11, 2021 · 08:30 am

Rohan Datta

Interview: ‘Bhagat Singh is an important symbol of resistance against injustice and oppression’

Chaman Lal, author of ‘Life & Legend of Bhagat Singh (A Pictorial Volume)’, talked about his life’s work on the inspirational freedom fighter.

Rohan Datta · Apr 22, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘It’s not about banking, it’s about the psychology of bankers’: Tamal Bandyopadhyay on his new book

An interview with the finance journalist about his latest book ‘Roller Coaster: An Affair with Banking’.

Rohan Datta · Mar 11, 2023 · 12:30 pm

Things that made us smile: An eight-hour-long lullaby that gave me refuge

Scroll staffers on the small things that make life brighter.

Rohan Datta · Jan 01, 2023 · 12:01 am

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While other libraries closed down, this community library in rural UP was begun during the pandemic

Law student Jatin Lalit Singh took his learnings from Delhi’s Community Library Project to the village of Bansa.

Rohan Datta · Aug 03, 2021 · 08:30 am

How a student in rural Bengal is defying the pandemic (and cyclones) with his libraries

Soumyadipta Bose has got his modest libraries for children going despite the second wave of Covid-19.

Rohan Datta · Jun 23, 2021 · 08:30 am

Why the prize money for Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2021 is going to Covid-19 relief

The Shakti Bhatt Foundation declared it would not select a literary winner this year, but give Rs one lakh each to three separate efforts to combat Covid-19.

Rohan Datta & Narayani Basu · May 29, 2021 · 08:30 am

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Eco India: How climate resilient fox nuts are helping Bihar's farmers tackle crop losses

Yesterday · 08:55 am

Eco India, Episode 274: How worsening environmental conditions call for action and innovation

Nov 16, 2024 · 03:25 pm

Eco India: Kanpur's tanneries adopt sustainable practices to cut environmental impact

Nov 10, 2024 · 08:55 am

Eco India, Episode 273: How cleaner alternatives pave way for a sustainable future

Nov 09, 2024 · 03:25 pm

Watch: Crises of belonging and citizenship in Assam

Nov 07, 2024 · 03:30 pm

How Kolkata’s famous Mohan’s Bookshop lost its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic

Mohan Tiwari and, later, his son Gopal Tiwari, ran the iconic bookshop for decades.

Rohan Datta · May 02, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Born in the pandemic, these libraries in Bengal run with meagre resources but get people reading

One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books.

Rohan Datta · Apr 11, 2021 · 08:30 am

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