Cheap labour, not a higher standard of living: A new book examines the lives of factory workers

An excerpt from ‘Labouring Lives: Industry and Informality in New India’, by Archana Aggarwal.

Archana Aggarwal

· 2 hours ago

Fiction: How a Muslim man from Motihari deals with everyday life as right-wing extremism rises

An excerpt from ‘A Man From Motihari’, by Abdullah Khan.

Abdullah Khan

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Reading list for young readers: The 12 books shortlisted for the 2023 Neev Book Awards

The books will be judged in the Early Years, Emerging Readers, Junior Readers, and Young Adult categories.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 01:30 pm

Can improving Mumbai’s natural defences reduce annual waterlogging and flooding? Yes, says this book

An excerpt from ‘The Case for Nature: The Other Planetary Crisis’, by Siddarth Shrikanth.

Siddarth Shrikanth

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis

‘Opioids remain a massive public health problem, and the author’s attention to it is both welcome and necessary.’

William Nash, The Conversation

· May 28, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘The Glass Pearls’: This novel by a Jewish writer is about a Nazi fearing the net closing in on him

The success of ‘The Glass Pearls’ as a paranoia-story hinges largely on being able to sympathise with its Nazi protagonist.

Jai Arjun Singh

· May 28, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Bengal’s ‘pat’ artists: A blend of art tradition, Western realism and a hybrid Hindu-Muslim identity

Today, a pat or scroll-painting, is painted by members of the painter-performer patua community, concentrated in West Bengal’s Medinipur region.

Aditi Nath Sarkar

· May 28, 2023 · 11:30 am

How Indian book creators are finally making children’s books representative and inclusive

At last children from various regions of the country can see themselves in the books they read.

Rati Girish

· May 28, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘The indulgence of examining my own psyche using words seems so narcissistic’: Poet Prerna Gill

‘Through writing, I examine how I’ve been compromised by fears, stillness that some may call the blues, other’s ennui, or even laziness.’

Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri

· May 28, 2023 · 07:30 am

‘Taranath Tantrik’: Fascinating tales of occult practices from a classic Bengali writer

Translated into English, these stories can now be read across India and the world.

Chittajit Mitra

· May 27, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘The American Boyfriend’: This mystery about mistaken identities makes for a leisurely vacation read

As Phoebe and her two-year-old daughter’s vacation gets increasingly un-vacation-like, she realises the sooner she leaves, the better.

Sayari Debnath

· May 27, 2023 · 03:30 pm

‘Time Shelter’: The International Booker winner is a rich experiment in style, structure and ideas

‘A profound work that deals with a very contemporary question: what happens to us when our memories disappear?’

Sukla Chatterjee, The Conversation

· May 27, 2023 · 01:30 pm