Memoir: An Indian woman faces the Taliban’s horrors after moving to Afghanistan with her husband

An excerpt from ‘The Taliban and I,’ by Sushmita Bandyopadhyay, translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha.

Sushmita Bandyopadhyay

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Arunava Sinha

· Nov 15, 2023 · 08:30 am

Interview: Perumal Murugan, author of ‘Fire Bird’, shortlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature

This is the third of the Scroll Books and Ideas video interviews with the shortlisted authors and translators of the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.

Arunava Sinha

· Nov 12, 2023 · 11:00 am

‘Wanted to explore what being a mongrel race felt like’: Brinda Charry, author of ‘The East Indian’

The second in the series of podcast interviews with the authors and translators longlisted for the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature.

Arunava Sinha

· Oct 05, 2023 · 11:30 am

Based on true events, a new novel unflinchingly depicts the life of a woman living with psychosis

An excerpt from ‘Hospital’, by Sanya Rushdi. Translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha.

Sanya Rushdi

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Arunava Sinha

· May 05, 2023 · 08:30 am

Things that made us smile: When Messi couldn’t stop smiling (and Mbappé refused to)

Scroll staffers on the small things that make life brighter.

Arunava Sinha

· Jan 01, 2023 · 03:25 pm

Things that made us smile: When Messi couldn’t stop smiling (and Mbappé refused to)

Scroll staffers on the small things that make life brighter.

Arunava Sinha

· Jan 01, 2023 · 11:00 am

Westland Books: No sale, writing platform Pratilipi to start publishing venture with same team

Former CEO Gautam Padmanabhan and former Publisher Karthika VK will build the new venture, along with team members from Westland.

Arunava Sinha

· Apr 01, 2022 · 08:30 am

Comfort zone: Browsing through virtual book spaces is a refuge

In these unsettling times, Scroll.in staffers reveal the activities in which they find calm – and even joy.

Arunava Sinha

· Jan 01, 2022 · 12:01 am

‘We’re hoping we can have some version of a physical festival’: Sanjoy Roy on Jaipur Lit Fest 2021

An exclusive interview with Teamwork’s Sanjoy Roy, who organises the global chain of JLF events.

Arunava Sinha

· Oct 17, 2020 · 08:30 am

Completing school board exams in July will put students at great risk of infection. Why do it?

The growth rate of Covid-19 cases is expected to continue to rise through July.

Arunava Sinha

· Jun 15, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘I even dream in Hinglish’: Meet the Asia winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

An interview with Kritika Pandey from Ranchi, Jharkhand, who is now in the running for the overall prize.

Arunava Sinha

· Jun 06, 2020 · 07:30 am

Why India needs an all-party government of unity to weather its worst crisis since Independence

No party or political formation can possibly have all the talent needed to steer the nation through this extreme emergency. The net has to be cast wider.

Arunava Sinha

· Apr 01, 2020 · 07:30 am