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TM Krishna is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Why Emperor Ashoka still matters: Historian Nayanjot Lahiri and vocalist TM Krishna in conversation
Reflections on the nature of remembering and perpetuating the ruler from the third century BCE and the link between the past and the present.
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‘Is this judgement intrinsically problematic?’ TM Krishna on Karnatik music versus Hindustani music
An excerpt from ‘The Spirit of Enquiry: Notes of Dissent’.
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TM Krishna: Thought-controllers are making us hate our democratic, plural past
‘Hate comes from all directions and we are sucked into its whorl,’ the musician writes an open letter to his fellow citizens.
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Trending
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Pithora is for the gods, not for products, say Adivasis
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Anand Patwardhan: Breaking the shackles of the Military Industrial Complex
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Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu likely to receive very heavy rainfall amid possible cyclone
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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Stolen fingerprints, empty bank accounts: How customers are paying for gaps in Aadhaar
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The Art of Solitude: Revisiting the courage and plain-speaking of Albert Camus
The musician revisits ‘Reflections on the Guillotine’, which Camus co-authored with Arthur Koestler.
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In this book TM Krishna investigates the history of the mrdangam and meets the men who make them
An excerpt from ‘Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History Of Mrdangam Makers’, by TM Krishna.
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The TM Krishna column: Not just politicians, hate speech worn as a badge of honour by many Indians
It is seriously undermining our ability as citizens to participate in our democracy.
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Video
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Watch: Journalist-satirist parodies TV newsroom discussions on election results day
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Watch: Australian teacher explains how to master English pronunciation and talk like Shashi Tharoor
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On TV: Reporter crawls through roadside pipe to show how trapped workers were rescued in Uttarakhand
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IFFI Goa: Michael Douglas tries the ‘Naatu Naatu’ hookstep, delivers Amitabh Bachchan’s dialogue
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Caught on camera: Panic after passenger jumps out of emergency exit of plane at US airport
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The TM Krishna column: Pulwama attack reaction shows we’ve turned patriotism into a state of hatred
As we prepare to vote in the impending election, we need to ponder whether we have become better or worse citizens, and human beings, over the last five years.
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The TM Krishna column: Modi made me realise reservations based on economic status are not justified
If the BJP really wanted to help the poor, it should have strengthened, not crippled, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
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The TM Krishna column: Why are India’s Dalit thought leaders always reduced to their caste identity?
Thol Thirumavalavan is one of Tamil Nadu’s preeminent intellectuals today, yet he’s bottled in as a ‘Dalit leader’. It is the same with Muslim thinkers.
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The Reel
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A new Annapurna Devi film could be the last word on the recluse – or the start of a new quest
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How Jeo Baby’s risky ‘Kaathal’ fell into place: ‘Once Mammootty agreed, everything became easy’
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee stars in survival drama ‘Joram’
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Start the week with a film: Darbhanga blues in ‘Pokhar Ke Dunu Paar’
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Eye Spy: What doing the ‘dunki’ means – and where we first heard the term
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The TM Krishna column: Rajapaksa’s return as Sri Lanka PM is a warning for Indians ahead of 2019
It teaches us that unless we revolutionise our society, the Modis and Amit Shahs will always find fissures to claw their way back.
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The TM Krishna column: Activists’ arrests show TV channels are turning India into a khap panchayat
They are criminalising advocacy for marginalised citizens and our castiest feudal society is sharing in this ugliness overtly or through passive affirmation.
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The TM Krishna column: Funerals of Karunanidhi, Jayalalithaa symbolised their contrasting legacies
Kalaignar transcended party boundaries. Amma was always a distant goddess, feared and worshipped.
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The Field
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England tour of India: Shreyanka Patil stars as India A beat England A in first T20I
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal cruise into quarter-finals on day four
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Badminton, Syed Modi International: Unnati Hooda, Priyanshu Rajawat advance; Kidambi Srikanth exits
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Cricket: India head coach Rahul Dravid and other team support staff’s contracts extended by BCCI
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Australia tour of India: Glenn Maxwell century keeps visitors alive in T20I series