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Books and Ideas
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Salman Rushdie’s new memoir un-wounds the ‘knife’ of language
‘Knife’ is an exceptional book written in exceptional circumstances by a writer who wanted to ‘answer violence with art’.
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
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Speculative short fiction: Grounded airships, storms, and a love that could have been
An excerpt from ‘Whirlwind’ in ‘Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World’, by Gigi Ganguly.
Gigi Ganguly
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This banker’s memoir recounts his journey from a junior officer to executive director
An excerpt from ‘Banker by Chance, Leader by Choice’, by Shiv B Singh.
Shiv B Singh
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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Will bring back electoral bonds after wider consultations, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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A Bharat Jodo participant recalls what went into organising the mammoth journey on foot
An excerpt from ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra: Reclaiming India’s Soul’, edited by Pushparaj Deshpande and Ruchira Chaturvedi.
Utkarsha Rupwate
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Short fiction: Riddled with debt, a farmer urges the PM to change the formula for compound interest
An excerpt from ‘The Keeper of Desolation: Stories’, by Chandan Pandey. Translated from the Hindi by Sayari Debnath.
Chandan Pandey & Sayari Debnath
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Immigrant fiction: An Indian academic navigates a green card marriage and single motherhood
An excerpt from ‘Habitations: A Novel’, by Sheila Sundar.
Sheila Sundar
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
An excerpt from ‘Raga Harmony: Harmonic Structures and Tonalities in Indian Classical Music’, by L Subramaniam.
L Subramaniam
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Fiction: Ram Mohan realises the only way to live a respectable life is to hold some kind of power
An excerpt from ‘The Politician Redux: Odyssey of Chance’, the sequel to ‘The Politician’, by Devesh Verma.
Devesh Verma
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A new book tells you why, and how, to consume coconut (and other ‘superfoods’)
An excerpt from ‘Superfoods, Super Life: 20 Indian Ingredients to Prevent Disease and Uplift Your Health’, by Madhur Kotharay.
Madhur Kotharay
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Commonwealth Short Story Prize: Indian writers Ajay Patri, Bharath Kumar, Sanjana Thakur shortlisted
The regional winners (Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, Caribbean, and Pacific) receive £2,500 each, and the overall winner, £5,000.
Scroll Staff
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
An excerpt from ‘Dance to Freedom: From Ghungroos to Gunpowder’, by AK Gandhi.
AK Gandhi
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Fiction: The body of a young woman, her insides split open, is found inside a farmhouse near Delhi
An excerpt from ‘Nobody Lights a Candle’, by Anjali Deshpande, translated from the Hindi by the author.
Anjali Deshpande
The Field
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Watch, highlights ISL 2024: Odisha FC through to semi-final after beating Kerala Blasters in playoff
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time