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Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Fiction in translation: In the forests, a man looks for his sister, who left home to join Maoists
An excerpt from ‘I Named My Sister Silence’, by Manoj Rupda, translated from the Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.
Manoj Rupda & Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Trending
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‘The Archies’ review: A good-looking nostalgia piece
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How Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina has created a climate of fear ahead of January’s poll
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Why caste divides Marathas as they rally for reservation
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Why does the Bible have no reference to any female godly presence, or to divine spouses or lovers?
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Rajasthan verdict in 30 charts: Poll was closer than results showed, Congress held on to vote share
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Video
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Gemini: Google posts videos of what its new AI model can do
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Watch: Panic among passengers after spotting flames under Bhubaneswar-Howrah Jan Shatabdi coach
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‘Not pregnant, lost my uterus to cancer’: TV journalist responds to email criticising her outfit
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Watch: Three rare white lion cubs born in Venezuelan zoo
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‘This year baby Jesus is in rubble’: Nativity scene in Bethlehem church is in solidarity with Gaza
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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’.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
The Reel
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‘The Archies’ review: A good-looking nostalgia piece
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‘Chamak’ review: Exquisite music is the biggest draw
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Watch: A full-length ‘Dunki’ trailer is out
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‘Kabuliwala’ trailer: Mithun Chakraborty stars in latest adaptation of the Rabindranath Tagore story
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ trailer: Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta star in slice-of-life comedy
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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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.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
The Field
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England Tour of India: Sciver-Brunt, Wyatt lead visitors to victory in first T20I
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Pro Kabaddi League: Patna Pirates, UP Yoddhas record blowout victories in Ahmedabad
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mohun Bagan Super Giant snatch late draw against Odisha FC
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Sun setting on the Commonwealth Games: Is it time to say goodbye to the multi-sport event?
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WPL 2024: From Uma Chetry to Devika Vaidya, Indian players who can start bidding war at the auction