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Dilip D’Souza
Dilip D'Souza is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Bird watching in the Sundarbans: Crouching tigers, chasing kingfishers
A three-day boat journey through the mangrove forests finds an abundance of birds, luminous fish in the dark waters and big cats lurking out of sight.
Dilip D’Souza
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‘I want to save democracy’: Why even former critics of the Congress joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra
An excerpt from ‘Roadwalker: A Few Miles on the Bharat Jodo Yatra,’ by Dilip D’Souza.
Dilip D’Souza
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Agnates, cognates, half-bloods and full-bloods: The real challenge in drafting a Uniform Civil Code
Such an exercise must analyse all personal laws in the light of Constitutional guarantees to every Indian: equality, justice, right to life.
Dilip D’Souza
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Will bring back electoral bonds after wider consultations, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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What I saw behind the scenes at the Bharat Jodo Yatra: a poster relay, pleas for photos – and a vase
Two days on the road with the Congress march for unity.
Dilip D’Souza
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How a lagoon in Gujarat’s Toraniya shows up the government’s fake claims about the Narmada project
Two decades before the contested Sardar Sarovar dam brought water to dry parts of the state, a group of dedicated activists delivered on a small promise.
Dilip D’Souza
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Amish Tripathi’s platitudes on Gyanvapi are built on a denial of India’s harsh truths
The author’s view that India is ‘a decent liberal country’ glosses over the brutalities inflicted on fellow Indians.
Dilip D’Souza
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Chinese-Indians from Deoli Camp write to Modi again urging India to apologise for 1962 internment
They also requested the construction of a memorial in the Rajasthan facility to the ethnic Chinese who had died during their incarceration there.
Dilip D’Souza
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In the Florida Keys, a chance encounter and a shark named Rohan
An idyllic holiday takes an unforeseen turn.
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Opinion: Sexual assault is sexual assault, skin or no skin
A misogynistic, sexist judgement of the Bombay High Court has just made my daughter’s world that much more terrifying.
Dilip D’Souza
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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A Covid-19 quarantine diary: Sweet voices on the phone and a very special gargle
While we are grateful for our light brush with Madam Corona, there were times when I’d lie awake late at night – isolated, yes – with fear and worry.
Dilip D’Souza
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Sometimes you win even when you don’t: A tribute to Raj Marphatia
He was the first non-white President of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
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The Art of Solitude: How an author chases away the blues – by playing them
So in these uncertain, almost eerie days, I send blues riffs – amateur and awkward they still are – warbling into the ether every evening.
Dilip D’Souza
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time