Watch: Protest against CAA-NRC silenced at Jaipur Literature Festival, students detained

In a video, security personnel can be seen taking away protestors as they raise slogans against the Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens.

Scroll Staff

· 7 hours ago

Dear Amit Shah, a reading list for you as you learn Bengali (to win West Bengal elections)

‘As you become proficient in Bangla, I hope you will take the time to read some of these powerful works.’

Sajni Mukherji

· 9 hours ago

The official copy of the Indian Constitution was not written on just any piece of paper

The Handmade Paper Institute in Pune has the unique distinction of providing the paper on which India’s Constitution was first written.

Shruti Chakraborty, Sahapedia

· 15 hours ago

The Indian Republic was just 14 months old. Its rulers wanted to remove individual liberties. Why?

An excerpt from ‘Sixteen Stormy Days: The Story of the First Amendment to the Constitution of India’, by Tripurdaman Singh.

Tripurdaman Singh

· 19 hours ago

‘Khuda hafiz. Kripanarayan’: Remembering Krishna Sobti with a fragment from her book ‘Dil-o-Danish’

Krishna Sobti died a year ago, on January 25, 2019, at the age of 94.

Krishna Sobti

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Amitabha Bagchi

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

This novel explores what can happen when a virtual digital life replaces the real one

Guha gets together a variety of people who in earlier days would never have met, but who can ‘meet’ in the age of blogs and social media.

Jaithirth Rao

· Yesterday · 11:30 am

In Jeet Thayil’s ‘Low’, a man goes on a drug-addled Bombay odyssey after his wife’s suicide

A funny, sad, achingly alive novel.

Jai Arjun Singh

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

In this book TM Krishna investigates the history of the mrdangam and meets the men who make them

An excerpt from ‘Sebastian & Sons: A Brief History Of Mrdangam Makers’, by TM Krishna.

TM Krishna

· Jan 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm

With ‘Low’, Jeet Thayil returns to novelising the most searing experiences in his own life

An excerpt from the poet and writer’s third novel.

Jeet Thayil

· Jan 24, 2020 · 08:30 am

A battle in Doklam between India and China is sparked by a centuries-old secret in this novel

An excerpt from Ashwin Saanghi’s new thriller combining mytho-history with conspiracies.

Ashwin Sanghi

· Jan 23, 2020 · 03:30 pm

‘Stop treating talent like it's synonymous with character’: Watch Ayishat Akanbi on ‘cancel culture’

The writer and stylist also encourages exploring the causes behind condemnable behaviour.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 23, 2020 · 01:08 pm

The extraordinary story of paralympian Deepa Malik, who won medals for India from her wheelchair

An excerpt from ‘Dreams Of A Billion: India And The Olympic Games’, by Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta.

Boria Majumdar

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Nalin Mehta

· Jan 23, 2020 · 07:30 am