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Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘Like Being Alive Twice’: Dharini Bhaskar’s new novel reflects on how love forces our hand
Bhaskar’s voice is sharp, the contours of her storytelling are tastefully restrained, and coherence between the motivations of characters emerges organically.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘The Patient in Bed Number 12’: A humane recollection of the tragedies and monotony of the pandemic
Raj Kamal Jha’s book also takes a look at how the pandemic snatched away the luxury of making long-term plans.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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Interview: Vikramajit Ram, author of ‘Mansur’, shortlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature
This is the fifth and final of the Scroll Books and Ideas video interviews with the shortlisted authors and translators of the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.
Shubhangi Tiwari
Trending
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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View from Pakistan: Islamabad must be proactive and normalise trade relations with New Delhi
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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‘Hurda’ interrogates circumstances that make misogynistic tragedies possible, and forgotten
Atharva Pandit’s ‘Hurda’ presents a clear-eyed view of the rot in our systems alone.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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Interview: 2023 JCB Prize shortlisted author Manoj Rupda and translator Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
On ‘I Named My Sister Silence’: The second of the Scroll Books and Ideas video interviews with the shortlisted authors and translators of the 2023 JCB Prize.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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Interview: Tejaswini Apte-Rahm, author of ‘The Secret of More’, shortlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize
This is the first of the Scroll Books and Ideas video interviews with the shortlisted authors and translators of the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.
Shubhangi Tiwari
Video
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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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‘Fire on the Ganges’: What life in Varanasi is like for the Doms who dispose of corpses
Transgressions are costly and tricky matrices of caste and gender are punitive. The Doms of Banaras continue to pay a heavy price to simply live.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘My book isn’t rock-n-roll. I wanted to imitate Chopin’s minimalism’: Geet Chaturvedi on ‘Simsim’
The tenth and final in the series of podcast interviews with the authors and translators longlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘I studied miniatures and the faces in them’: Vikramajit Ram on how he wrote ‘Mansur’
The fifth in the series of podcast interviews with the authors and translators longlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.
Shubhangi Tiwari
The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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‘Simsim’: A moving story of loss and the many ways we negotiate with it in order to live
Geet Chaturvedi’s description of the fanaticism and violence that marked the Partition is unembellished and chilly in its distance.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘It’s fascinating...people in Bombay are never content’: Tejaswini Apte-Rahm on ‘The Secret of More’
The fourth in the series of podcast interviews with the authors and translators longlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘Heart Tantrums’: A memoir about a troubled marriage lays out the compromises of womanhood
In writing about her life, Aisha Sarwari puts away every label of good and bad and labels them as mundanities. And even as miracles.
Shubhangi Tiwari
The Field
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final
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Cricket: Former Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof retires from international cricket
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India wins nine medals including four gold on Day 2
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Two years on, Indian men’s team hope to defend crown jewel