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Rohan Datta
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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
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‘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
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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
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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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
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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
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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
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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
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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