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Books and Ideas
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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
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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
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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
Trending
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Readers’ comments: Freedom to choose religion is constitutional, but does not include missionaries
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Reading list for young readers: The 12 books shortlisted for the 2023 Neev Book Awards
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IPL 2023 Final, GT vs CSK as it happened: Chennai Super Kings clinch fifth title after thriller
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IPL 2023: As Chennai Super Kings clinch record-equalling fifth title, a look at the list of winners
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Interview: Manipur government complicit in offensive against Kukis, used radicalised Meitei groups
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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
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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
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‘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
Video
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Watch: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ cast appears on London Comic Con stage through live holograms
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Caught on CCTV: Hungry bear walks into garage of bakery and helps itself to 60 cupcakes
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Watch: Golfer tries to play next to sinkhole as it swallows sections of golf course
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Watch: Woman takes pet lamb to polling station for Turkey’s presidential election
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Watch: Vicky Kaushal matches steps with Hrithik Roshan as they dance together to ‘Ek Pal Ka Jeena’
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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
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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
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‘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
The Reel
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‘Chitrakut’ review: A wandering tour of complicated relationships
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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‘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
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‘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
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‘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
The Field
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Sports world daily: Djokovic, Alcaraz into French Open second round; Spalletti leaves Napoli
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IPL 2023: Reactions as Chennai Super Kings win fifth title — ‘Ahmedabad turns Yellow’
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IPL 2023: As Chennai Super Kings clinch record-equalling fifth title, a look at the list of winners
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IPL 2023: ‘B Sai Sudharsan in beast mode’ — Reactions to GT batter’s whirlwind knock in final vs CSK
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Watch, IPL 2023: MS Dhoni shows off lightning-fast reflexes to stump Shubman Gill