In busy Mumbai, gramastha mandal dormitories offer the comfort of the village in the city’s heart

On NM Joshi Marg, circular migration means that rural homes are never far away.

Jonathan Galton

· Yesterday · 09:00 am

An Indian community’s journey to becoming a major financial player in Singapore and Malaysia

When the time was right, the enterprising Nattukottai Chettiars set up moneylending operations in Southeast Asia, becoming a financial mainstay in the region.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 14, 2022 · 11:30 am

Race, spirituality and eugenics: The tangled past of vegetarianism in India and Europe

British and Indian vegetarians were critical of colonial rule, advocated sexual restraint and abstention from alcohol.

Julia Hauser

· May 14, 2022 · 09:00 am

Cityscapes and identities: What advertisements, images tell us about commodities and consumers

It is through an imagery that any commodity becomes more than what it is, and gets transformed into something more intimate, and identifiable.

Sreedeep Bhattacharya

· May 13, 2022 · 08:30 am

Remembering the Swiss photographer who popularised Indian temple sculptures in the US

Raymond Burnier’s photos, which were displayed at New York’s MoMA in 1949, helped turn places like Khajuraho into major international destinations.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· May 07, 2022 · 11:30 am

A land of colours: India through the eyes of the first cyclist to circumnavigate the world

India didn’t always turn out to be as Thomas Stevens imagined it when he pedalled across the nation in the 1880s.

Anu Kumar

· May 05, 2022 · 11:30 am

How medieval Jain pilgrimage maps afforded the faithful a darshan without any travel

Though the tirtha patas’ utilitarian heyday seems to be past, they remain an enduring aspect of community formation.

Kamayani Sharma

· May 04, 2022 · 11:30 am

Dragonfly races, cycling backwards and other childhood adventures in the Vile Parle Railway Quarters

Four buildings that housed generations of Western Railway employees and their families will now be demolished to make way for a new line.

Venkat Iyer

· May 01, 2022 · 11:30 am

Faiz’s verses have been dropped from Indian textbooks – but the power of his ideas will endure

In today’s times, ideas, especially those of diversity, struggles and non-alignment are dangerous, for young minds.

Chapal Mehra

· Apr 30, 2022 · 06:30 am

‘He might have died’: 90-year-old Padma Shri awardee evicted from government-allotted home

The Centre has also asked eight eminent artistes to vacate their accommodations by May 2.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 28, 2022 · 03:52 pm

When a meeting with Ramana Maharshi inspired Somerset Maugham to explore Indian philosophy

A brief encounter with the Hindu sage in Tiruvanamalai in 1938 inspired the English playwright and novelist to fashion a character on him in a novel.

Ajay Kamalakaran

· Apr 27, 2022 · 11:30 am

Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe portraits reveal the darker side of 1960s America

On the surface, the works may look like a tribute to a much-loved icon, but themes of death, decay and even violence lurk within these canvases.

Harriet Fletcher, The Conversation

· Apr 26, 2022 · 11:30 pm