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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
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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
Trending
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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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‘Finding a long-term solution’: More farmers turn to ‘natural farming’ amid climate change challenge
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Latest Manipur killings confirm long-dormant Meitei insurgency is seeing a revival
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Memoir: Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter recalls the family’s first few days in Rashtrapati Bhavan
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The Yemenese film about abortion that grabbing attention – and its Indian connections
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: British PM Rishi Sunak, Dutch PM Mark Rutte get locked out of Sunak’s residence briefly
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Watch: Members of new K-Pop boy group Ampers&One cover ‘Chaleya’ song ‘Jawan’
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Watch: Huge audience sings along to ‘Shauq’ with singer Swanand Kirkire in Delhi
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‘You cannot invoke martyrs to ask for votes,’ says TV anchor. Panelist plays PM’s speech in response
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Watch: Fashion show turns Manchester street into runway for models in the rain
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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
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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
The Reel
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The Yemenese film about abortion that grabbing attention – and its Indian connections
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Start the week with a film: ‘Somewhere’ is a sensitive look at an actor’s empty life
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Mining town-set film ‘Whispers of Fire and Water’ is an immersive experience
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In Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’, a solidarity that transcends differences
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In animated film ‘The Siren’, a reminder that ‘democracy and peace are never eternal’
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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
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‘Mansur’: A novel about beauty that is as rich and tender as precious silk
Vikramajit Ram lets the characters peek, linger, and sometimes reluctantly look away. He lets them live.
Shubhangi Tiwari
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‘The East Indian’: This novel about an Indian indentured labourer has more scale than depth
Brinda Chary’s book is the exploration of the author’s interest in the history of migration and settlement in the 1600s first, and a novel, second.
Shubhangi Tiwari
The Field
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: Netherlands beat Argentina on penalties to win fifth title
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Pro Kabaddi League: Bengal Warriors pick up comprehensive win; Haryana Steelers pip Dabang Delhi
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IWL 2023-24: East Bengal open campaign with win over Sports Odisha
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England tour of India: Saika Ishaque, Shreyanka Patil spur hosts to consolation win in final T20I
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: NorthEast United FC and Hyderabad FC play out draw