‘Hamnet’: When Anne Hathaway and her husband, the future playwright of ‘Hamlet’, lose their son

Maggie O’Farrell’s prizewinning novel of grief also reinvents the figure of William Shakespeare’s wife.

Radhika Oberoi

· 4 hours ago

Three recollections of Sunil Kumar, the historian who stood tall against majoritarian politics

In his book ‘The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate’, he argued that the sultanate was less a solid political entity than a fluid formation.

Rukun Advani

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Muzaffar Alam

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Nayanjot Lahiri

· 9 hours ago

Love and lockdowns: What kind of tragic romances will be written after the pandemic?

Lovers needed to escape each other to be able to stay together during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Ipshita Nath

· 13 hours ago

When did Bhishma die? A reading of the Mahabharata reveals a startling possibility

Rudrangshu Mukherjee investigates the Mahabharata to find out when – and how – Bhishma’s death actually took place.

Rudrangshu Mukherjee

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

How a people’s library sprang up during the pandemic in the town of Roing in Arunachal Pradesh

Call it the brainchild or the dream of one woman, Ushimi Linggi.

Narayani Basu

· Yesterday · 12:30 pm

Interview: Yashaswini Chandra on what the horse tells us about India's past

The author of ‘The Tale of the Horse: A History of India on Horseback’ on the animal’s influence over mythology and the medieval economy.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Why it’s better to start reading James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ from chapter four than from chapter one

The daunting task of negotiating a stream of consciousness novel eases out after the fourth chapter.

John Scholar, The Conversation

· Jan 22, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Meet Kulsum Padamsee, the charismatic matriarch of one of Mumbai’s most storied families

Edited excerpts from a memoir of the Padamsee-Alkazi clan, whose members have contributed to the arts for decades.

Feisal Alkazi

· Jan 22, 2021 · 08:30 am

Mihir Dalal’s candid Flipkart story ‘Big Billion Startup’ wins Gaja Capital Business Book Prize

The prize, established by Gaja Capital in 2019, carries an award of Rs 15 lakh for the winner.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 21, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How this storytelling festival for schoolchildren switched gears to cope with the pandemic

The stories of Ghummakad Narain and Kathakar, the travelling lifests.

Shaguna Gahilote

· Jan 21, 2021 · 08:30 am

Watch: Amanda Gorman, youngest inaugural poet, steals hearts with her poem ‘The Hill We Climb’

Gorman, 22, is the first National Youth Poet Laureate of the USA.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2021 · 11:23 pm

Meet Mohammed Sleem, the ‘first Indian tennis superstar’

‘The first native Indian to win a major championship in India and stamp his name firmly in the annals of Indian tennis.’

Anindya Dutta

· Jan 20, 2021 · 05:30 pm