How long have we got before humans are replaced by artificial intelligence?

An excerpt from ‘2062: The World That AI Made’, by Toby Walsh.

Toby Walsh

· 5 minutes ago

Read at home: Meet Amma Bi and Jumman in this short story by actor Pankaj Kapur

An excerpt from ‘Dopehri’ by Pankaj Kapur, translated from the Hindustani by Rahul Soni.

Pankaj Kapur

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Poet Langston Hughes enjoyed international stardom but never felt at home in America

His poems resonated with those who were betrayed by the promise of the American Dream.

Jason Miller, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 03:30 pm

#ReadInstead | Masterclass with Manu S Pillai: The untold story of India's rebel sultans

The #ReadInstead litfest has been organised by Juggernaut in association with Scroll.in.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 01:25 pm

#ReadInstead litfest: What Juggernaut editor Chiki Sarkar is reading during the coronavirus lockdown

The #ReadInstead litfest has been organised by Juggernaut in association with Scroll.in.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 01:14 pm

How Covid-19 will change the world: In conversation with Shyam Saran and Shivshankar Menon

The conversation is a part of the month-long #ReadInstead online litfest organised by Juggernaut in association with Scroll.in.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 12:33 pm

Excerpt: How (and why) the ‘Ramayana’ TV serial brought much of India to a standstill in the 1980s

‘Within weeks, the serial had garnered one of the largest audiences in the history of television.’

Amrita Shah

· Yesterday · 10:00 am

From Taslima Nasrin’s memoir ‘My Girlhood’: What happened when her brother married a Hindu woman

An excerpt from ‘My Girlhood’, by Taslima Nasrin, translated from the Bengali by Maharghya Chakraborty.

Taslima Nasrin

· Yesterday · 07:30 am

What life in the times of handwashing reminds us: The left hand is as vital as the right

Don’t ‘other’ the hand, or the person, that seems less vital but is just as important in your life.

Sophia Naz

· Mar 29, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Albert Uderzo (1927-2020) embedded Asterix & Co in our heads with his trademark comic illustrations

Rene Goscinny was the original writer of the Asterix series, but it was Uderzo’s art that made the characters truly unforgettable.

Debkumar Mitra

· Mar 29, 2020 · 08:30 am

An acclaimed Bengali pulp fiction writer turns a voyeuristic eye on the secrets of Calcutta by night

Epicentre of the renaissance and reform by day, the city was den of shocking behaviour by night, according to Hemendra Kumar Roy’s ‘Calcutta Nights’.

Lopa Ghosh

· Mar 29, 2020 · 07:30 am

Lynching in India’s past: This book shows public violence is ingrained in the history of the land

Aparna Vaidik’s ‘My Son’s Inheritance’ is a reminder of a historical legitimisation of violence that is often denied.

Akshaj Awasthi

· Mar 28, 2020 · 05:30 pm