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Books and Ideas
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‘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
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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, Muzaffar Alam & Nayanjot Lahiri
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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
Trending
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How BJP leaders responded to the Arnab Goswami WhatsApp leaks plus nine more weekend reads
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The mass radicalisation that India does not acknowledge
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Why Malayalam breakout film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ is ‘the story of most Indian women’
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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There is not a Virender Sehwag in that current team; India are very, very patient: Graeme Swann
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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
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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
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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
Video
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‘Daddy, tie my shoelace’: Former South African cricketer Graeme Smith’s son crashes live interview
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Watch: Farmers begin their journey towards Delhi to participate in ‘tractor march’ on Republic Day
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Watch: Finance minister ‘cooks’ halwa to mark the printing of Budget 2021 documents
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‘He was in favour of a secular state’: Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter on her father’s legacy
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Watch: Stephen Fry reminds us that nuclear missiles can wipe civilisation off the face of the earth
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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
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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
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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
The Reel
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Zeb Bangash on the Bollywood cover of ‘Bibi Sanam’: ‘A disservice to the song’s meaning’
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Why Malayalam breakout film ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ is ‘the story of most Indian women’
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‘Metro Park 2’ trailer: The NRI Patels from New Jersey is back
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‘Madam Chief Minister’ review: A woman rises to power and falls while trying to hold on to it
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‘The White Tiger’ review: A driver murders his way up the food chain
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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
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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
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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
The Field
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Why are England not sending the best team for start of an iconic series versus India: Nasser Hussain
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Badminton: Kidambi Srikanth resumes training in Thailand after mandatory quarantine time reduced
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ISL: Jamshedpur FC and Hyderabad FC split points after goalless draw
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Full text: ‘Gunner for life’ – Mesut Ozil writes emotional farewell post after end of Arsenal saga
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Wrestling nationals: Rohit is new champion in 65kg, Railways take home the team title