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  • The pandemic has brought people out on their bicycles. Are there books waiting to be written?

    The pandemic has brought people out on their bicycles. Are there books waiting to be written?

    Dominic Franks
    · Sep 27, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • JCB Prize: Deepa Anappara, Samit Basu, Dharini Bhaskar, S Hareesh, Annie Zaidi make the shortlist

    JCB Prize: Deepa Anappara, Samit Basu, Dharini Bhaskar, S Hareesh, Annie Zaidi make the shortlist

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 25, 2020 · 11:15 am
  • What does it mean to be a Hindu woman? A new book explores the question

    What does it mean to be a Hindu woman? A new book explores the question

    Wandana Sonalkar
    · Sep 24, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • Music and lyrics: How Shailendra gift-wrapped cosmic truths through his songs

    Music and lyrics: How Shailendra gift-wrapped cosmic truths through his songs

    Ganesh Vancheeswaran
    · Sep 22, 2020 · 10:30 am
  • Couldn’t swim, didn’t know Olympics: Eric ‘Eel’ Moussambani looks back on iconic Sydney 2000 moment

    Couldn’t swim, didn’t know Olympics: Eric ‘Eel’ Moussambani looks back on iconic Sydney 2000 moment

    AFP
    · Sep 19, 2020 · 05:31 pm
  • Here lies one who spared neither man nor god: Discovering Khushwant Singh during the pandemic

    Here lies one who spared neither man nor god: Discovering Khushwant Singh during the pandemic

    Vikram Zutshi
    · Sep 14, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • With face to face interviews ruled out during the pandemic, how are oral historians coping?

    With face to face interviews ruled out during the pandemic, how are oral historians coping?

    Aanchal Malhotra
    · Sep 13, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • As Irani cafes fade away in Mumbai, a British restaurant is reviving interest in them

    As Irani cafes fade away in Mumbai, a British restaurant is reviving interest in them

    Claire Chambers
    · Sep 06, 2020 · 11:30 am
  • Where is Indian travel writing going after the pandemic (and where is it coming from)?

    Where is Indian travel writing going after the pandemic (and where is it coming from)?

    Rajat Ubhaykar
    · Sep 03, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • ‘A country is great when it worships principles and not men’: Lawyer Shanti Bhushan in court in 1975

    ‘A country is great when it worships principles and not men’: Lawyer Shanti Bhushan in court in 1975

    Prashant Bhushan
    · Aug 27, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • How are India’s literary translators coping with the pandemic? Nothing is lost in translation

    How are India’s literary translators coping with the pandemic? Nothing is lost in translation

    Ambar Sahil Chatterjee
    · Aug 27, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Years of listening to stories grows a wealth of knowledge within your spirit’: Easterine Kire

    ‘Years of listening to stories grows a wealth of knowledge within your spirit’: Easterine Kire

    Veio Pou
    · Aug 23, 2020 · 01:26 pm
  • Decades of mining has ravaged Chhattisgarh’s Korba region. Could its Hasdeo Arand forests be next?

    Decades of mining has ravaged Chhattisgarh’s Korba region. Could its Hasdeo Arand forests be next?

    Vaishnavi Suresh
    · Aug 21, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • It is the end of an era: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly doffs his hat to MS Dhoni

    It is the end of an era: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly doffs his hat to MS Dhoni

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 15, 2020 · 10:01 pm
  • Dinner with the Tatas: Letters from a Frenchwoman document life in Bombay as the 20th century dawned

    Dinner with the Tatas: Letters from a Frenchwoman document life in Bombay as the 20th century dawned

    Marguerite de Bure
    · Aug 14, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • Heart breaks for Atalanta, great escape for PSG: Twitter reacts to thrilling Champions League match

    Heart breaks for Atalanta, great escape for PSG: Twitter reacts to thrilling Champions League match

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 13, 2020 · 10:35 am
  • Delhi riots: Young residents share the trauma of profound loss, betrayal and injustice

    Delhi riots: Young residents share the trauma of profound loss, betrayal and injustice

    Harsh Mander
    · Aug 12, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • Man City's overturned Uefa ban: Does FFP exist simply to maintain traditional economic status quo?

    Man City's overturned Uefa ban: Does FFP exist simply to maintain traditional economic status quo?

    David Randles, The Conversation
    · Aug 10, 2020 · 03:59 pm
  • For a writer, a lockdown is like the solitude of the characters in some of the world’s best novels

    For a writer, a lockdown is like the solitude of the characters in some of the world’s best novels

    Chandan Pandey
    · Aug 03, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • The Hagia Sophia as a palimpsest: Memories of the monument in five acts

    The Hagia Sophia as a palimpsest: Memories of the monument in five acts

    Kalim Rajab
    · Aug 02, 2020 · 03:30 pm
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