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Girish Shahane

Girish Shahane is a regular Scroll.in contributor

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  1. Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
  2. For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
  3. A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
  4. How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
  5. What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken

    What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken

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  1. Why Madrasi Camp’s demolition in Delhi signals the end of a unique community

    Why Madrasi Camp’s demolition in Delhi signals the end of a unique community
  2. Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history’

    Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history’
  3. Watch: ‘Pushed’ into Bangladesh at gunpoint, two Assam residents return to narrate their ordeal

    Watch: ‘Pushed’ into Bangladesh at gunpoint, two Assam residents return to narrate their ordeal
  4. Video: The destruction of the Indian university

    Video: The destruction of the Indian university
  5. Eco India: How can Kannauj's famous perfume industry survive the effects of climate change?

    Eco India: How can Kannauj's famous perfume industry survive the effects of climate change?

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  1. ‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy

    ‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy
  2. ‘Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan’ trailer: Shanaya Kapoor, Vikrant Massey in film based on Ruskin Bond story

    ‘Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan’ trailer: Shanaya Kapoor, Vikrant Massey in film based on Ruskin Bond story
  3. Watch: In action drama ‘Maalik’, Rajkummar Rao plays a gangster

    Watch: In action drama ‘Maalik’, Rajkummar Rao plays a gangster
  4. ‘Tanvi The Great’ film trailer: A woman with autism wants to join the Indian Army

    ‘Tanvi The Great’ film trailer: A woman with autism wants to join the Indian Army
  5. Start the week with a film: Texture and layers in murder mystery ‘Only the River Flows’

    Start the week with a film: Texture and layers in murder mystery ‘Only the River Flows’

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  1. A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
  2. In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition

    In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
  3. When India nearly barred Israel from a Davis Cup tie in Delhi

    When India nearly barred Israel from a Davis Cup tie in Delhi
  4. How a sixth-generation sarangi maestro honours his family’s centuries-old legacy

    How a sixth-generation sarangi maestro honours his family’s centuries-old legacy
  5. When US media feared ‘another Cuba’ in the Himalayas and Indian Ocean

    When US media feared ‘another Cuba’ in the Himalayas and Indian Ocean
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