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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘Two and a Half Rivers’: A moving novel of caste discrimination and isolation in Punjab
Anirudh Kala’s book is an account of the caste system, loneliness, and mental health.
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This novel brings Burma to readers so authentically that it could have been non-fiction
The political is presented through the personal in Eugene Lawrence’s informative novel from, and of, Burma before it became Myanmar.
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This intimate look at the lives of refugees in 1947 resonates with the politics of present-day India
‘Nowhere People’, Sabitri Roy’s Bengali novel from 1972 now translated into English is an important fictional document of the influx into independent India.
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Trending
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Udaipur tailor beheaded for purportedly supporting Nupur Sharma, curfew imposed in several areas
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The big news: Two held for beheading Udaipur tailor, and nine other top stories
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‘This is hell,’ say HIV patients as government body stops supply of life-saving drug
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Seven curious questions raised by the case against Mohammed Zubair
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A mysterious threesome in ‘Haraamkhor’ director’s new film
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Raga Heartbreak: Singer Shubha Mudgal’s stories from the world of music are fine-tuned to loss
The stories in ‘Looking for Miss Sargam’ are subtle performances of disappointment as a life-changer.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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A Norwegian biographer writes movingly of his Goan father, who was largely a stranger to him
In ‘A Stranger At My Table’, Norwegian-Goan author Ivo de Figueiredo applies his biography-writing skills to his own family with striking results.
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Kamal Kumar Tanti’s poems present the politics and poignance of being marginalised in a distant land
‘We are told / that historians call us / other people’.
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Video
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‘This is the saddest day of my life’: Elderly woman at US pro-abortion rights march tells police
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Watch: UK aviary staff film their burrowing owls to see what the birds get up to when they’re alone
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Caught on camera: Man rides bicycle on Brooklyn street while balancing a suitcase on his head
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Watch: Olivia Rodrigo, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish condemn reversal of abortion rights in US
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Watch: ‘Panchayat’ actor Raghubir Yadav plays ‘musical instrument’ fashioned from a lauki
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A young doctor negotiates love, sexuality and family in Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s new novel
In this excerpt from ‘My Father’s Garden’, the unnamed protagonist struggles with his growing feelings of love for a fellow medical student.
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Why a journalist wrote about the Niyamgiri agitation in the form of a Young Adult novel
An interview with the author of ‘Year of the Weeds’, a fictionalised telling of the Niyamgiri agitation in Odisha should be read by adults as well.
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‘It is the story of India itself’: Abdullah Khan on a debut novel that was 20 years in the making
An interview with the author of ‘Patna Blues’, a novel about a lower-middle class Muslim family in small-town Bihar.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ron Howard’s ‘Thirteen Lives’ revisits the 2018 Thailand cave rescue
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‘Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt Ltd’ trailer: Amruta Subhash in show about pickles and empowerment
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Watch: True crime series ‘Indian Predator’ kicks off with case of Delhi serial killer
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‘Subtle nuances of human relationships’: Why Satyajit Ray adapted ‘Postmaster’ and ‘Samapti’
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Watch: The trailer of series ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’ is out
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This Patna novel is not just about differences and disappointments, it’s a tribute to the ’90s
Abdullah Khan’s ‘Patna Blues’ tells of the aspirations, disappointments and desires of a once prosperous Muslim family in Bihar.
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Real life is often magical for the Lotha tribe of Nagaland, as this collection of folk tales reveals
Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton’s ‘A Girl Swallowed By A Tree’ is a reminder of why oral folk tales must be preserved. They document a history of the imagination.
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Easterine Kire’s new novel is about magic. No, about the supernatural. No, about something else
A deceptively simple fable leads readers through complex possibilities.
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The Field
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India vs Ireland, 2nd T20I: Deepak Hooda scores ton as Hardik Pandya & Co win high-scoring thriller
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Hooda on fire: Reactions to Indian batter’s superb century against Ireland in second T20I
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Malaysia Open Super 750: Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag enter second round with contrasting wins
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Watch: Iga Swiatek after 36th straight win – ‘I’m really motivated to do well at Wimbledon’
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Watch: Eoin Morgan retires – ‘Incredibly proud, excited for English cricket going forward as a fan’