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  • In photos: The evening Khalid Jawed won the JCB Prize for Literature 2022 at a ceremony in New Delhi

    In photos: The evening Khalid Jawed won the JCB Prize for Literature 2022 at a ceremony in New Delhi

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • ‘The Paradise of Food’ by Khalid Jawed, translated by Baran Farooqi, wins JCB Prize for Literature

    ‘The Paradise of Food’ by Khalid Jawed, translated by Baran Farooqi, wins JCB Prize for Literature

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 19, 2022 · 08:22 pm
  • Are translated books the new ‘face’ of Indian literature in English? A translator weighs in

    Are translated books the new ‘face’ of Indian literature in English? A translator weighs in

    N Kalyan Raman
    · Oct 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Translated books take all five spots on the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature shortlist

    Translated books take all five spots on the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature shortlist

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 21, 2022 · 05:55 pm
  • ‘A Case of Indian Marvels’ is an essential effort to find the finest new Indian fiction writers

    ‘A Case of Indian Marvels’ is an essential effort to find the finest new Indian fiction writers

    Sayari Debnath
    · Oct 02, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Song of the Soil’ author Chuden Kabimo on how right-wing moves disturbed the peace in Darjeeling

    ‘Song of the Soil’ author Chuden Kabimo on how right-wing moves disturbed the peace in Darjeeling

    Chuden Kabimo
    · Sep 24, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • Bengali author Manoranjan Byapari is the winner of 2022 Shakti Bhatt Book Prize

    Bengali author Manoranjan Byapari is the winner of 2022 Shakti Bhatt Book Prize

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 15, 2022 · 10:41 am
  • JCB Prize for Literature 2022: Longlisted authors and translators talk about their nominated books

    JCB Prize for Literature 2022: Longlisted authors and translators talk about their nominated books

    Sayari Debnath
    · Sep 04, 2022 · 09:32 am
  • JCB Prize for Literature 2022: Six translations (two from Urdu) feature in the longlist of 10 novels

    JCB Prize for Literature 2022: Six translations (two from Urdu) feature in the longlist of 10 novels

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 03, 2022 · 11:37 am
  • ‘Adam’: S Hareesh’s collection of short stories is a disturbingly real study of dark human behaviour

    ‘Adam’: S Hareesh’s collection of short stories is a disturbingly real study of dark human behaviour

    Saloni Sharma
    · Feb 05, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Reading India: 26 books of fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature that won awards in 2021

    Reading India: 26 books of fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature that won awards in 2021

    Priyali Prakash
    · Dec 31, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • The Jaipur Literature Festival will be back as a physical event in 2022, but not in Diggi Palace

    The Jaipur Literature Festival will be back as a physical event in 2022, but not in Diggi Palace

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 15, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • The big news: Assam Rifles commanding officer killed in Manipur ambush, and nine other top stories

    The big news: Assam Rifles commanding officer killed in Manipur ambush, and nine other top stories

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 13, 2021 · 09:00 pm
  • Author M Mukundan wins JCB Prize for Literature 2021 for ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy’

    Author M Mukundan wins JCB Prize for Literature 2021 for ‘Delhi: A Soliloquy’

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 13, 2021 · 08:34 pm
  • ‘Name Place Animal Thing’ is a meandering collection of stories set in Shillong, not exactly a novel

    ‘Name Place Animal Thing’ is a meandering collection of stories set in Shillong, not exactly a novel

    Chitra Ahanthem
    · Nov 13, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • ‘The Plague Upon Us’ is a ballad on individual suffering amidst the collective trauma of Kashmir

    ‘The Plague Upon Us’ is a ballad on individual suffering amidst the collective trauma of Kashmir

    Chitra Ahanthem
    · Oct 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • JCB Prize shortlist 2021: VJ James, Daribha Lyndem, Shabir Ahmad Mir, M Mukundan, Lindsay Pereira

    JCB Prize shortlist 2021: VJ James, Daribha Lyndem, Shabir Ahmad Mir, M Mukundan, Lindsay Pereira

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 04, 2021 · 12:00 pm
  • What the JCB Prize for Literature longlist reveals, and what it leaves out, about India today

    What the JCB Prize for Literature longlist reveals, and what it leaves out, about India today

    Sanjay Sipahimalani
    · Sep 07, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • JCB Prize for Literature 2021: What you’ll read if you start on the 10 novels on the longlist

    JCB Prize for Literature 2021: What you’ll read if you start on the 10 novels on the longlist

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 06, 2021 · 12:46 pm
  • Interview: Does a literary jury need to think differently in the year of a pandemic?

    Interview: Does a literary jury need to think differently in the year of a pandemic?

    Kanishka Gupta
    · Jun 05, 2021 · 08:30 am
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