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  • Remembering P Lal, the man who singlehandedly published new English language writers in India

    Remembering P Lal, the man who singlehandedly published new English language writers in India

    TJS George
    · Oct 21, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy

    Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy

    Kamayani Sharma
    · Oct 11, 2022 · 11:30 am
  • A ‘timeless epic’ with an eye on the big and the small: Mani Ratnam on ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

    A ‘timeless epic’ with an eye on the big and the small: Mani Ratnam on ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Sep 25, 2022 · 06:17 pm
  • ‘Temple Lamp’: Mirza Ghalib’s poem on Banaras is an ode to the  ancient city’s cosmopolitan heritage

    ‘Temple Lamp’: Mirza Ghalib’s poem on Banaras is an ode to the ancient city’s cosmopolitan heritage

    Rana Safvi
    · Sep 18, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • What makes the ‘Hitopadesha’ a timeless text on human behaviour? It is its playful language

    What makes the ‘Hitopadesha’ a timeless text on human behaviour? It is its playful language

    Shonaleeka Kaul
    · Aug 09, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • This epic challenges dominant Telugu literary styles to reflect the existential status of Dalits

    This epic challenges dominant Telugu literary styles to reflect the existential status of Dalits

    Gurram Jashuva
    · Jul 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • How the Mahabharata rules the national imagination through a mix of fact and fantasy

    How the Mahabharata rules the national imagination through a mix of fact and fantasy

    Urmi Chanda
    · Feb 26, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • The Mahabharata exists in many versions and translations. But how many people actually read it?

    The Mahabharata exists in many versions and translations. But how many people actually read it?

    GN Devy
    · Feb 11, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • ‘I had no Konkani books to read. It was the language in which one laughed’: Damodar Mauzo

    ‘I had no Konkani books to read. It was the language in which one laughed’: Damodar Mauzo

    Jerry Pinto
    · Jan 09, 2022 · 08:30 am
  • Why Devdutt Pattanaik has attempted an Indian retelling of Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore

    Why Devdutt Pattanaik has attempted an Indian retelling of Jewish, Christian and Islamic lore

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Dec 20, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools

    Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools

    Christophe Jaffrelot
    · Nov 19, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Strangers in our own land’: Shashi Tharoor on the heritage of Malayalis who live away from Kerala

    ‘Strangers in our own land’: Shashi Tharoor on the heritage of Malayalis who live away from Kerala

    Shashi Tharoor
    · Nov 08, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Why have we lost the spirit of questioning handed down by the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics?

    Why have we lost the spirit of questioning handed down by the Vedas, the Upanishads, the epics?

    Shashi Deshpande
    · Jul 25, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • This book imagines the life of Queen Ruupmati of Malwa, in (supposedly) her own words

    This book imagines the life of Queen Ruupmati of Malwa, in (supposedly) her own words

    Priyadarshi Thakur ‘Khayal’
    · Jun 28, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Buddhadeb Dasgupta tribute: A chronicler of dreamers in a hostile world

    Buddhadeb Dasgupta tribute: A chronicler of dreamers in a hostile world

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Jun 10, 2021 · 11:14 am
  • ‘The Light of Asia’: Jairam Ramesh’s new book is a biography of an epic bio-poem on the Buddha

    ‘The Light of Asia’: Jairam Ramesh’s new book is a biography of an epic bio-poem on the Buddha

    Jairam Ramesh
    · Jun 08, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Haunting guide: Aacheri or Besho Bhoot? Kollivai Pisaasu or Ulkamukhi? Can you identify all ghosts?

    Haunting guide: Aacheri or Besho Bhoot? Kollivai Pisaasu or Ulkamukhi? Can you identify all ghosts?

    Riksundar Banerjee
    · May 21, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Hindutva is the woke culture of India

    Hindutva is the woke culture of India

    @Kaeshour
    · May 14, 2021 · 11:30 am
  • Ray 100: Satyajit Ray on his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, whom he never saw

    Ray 100: Satyajit Ray on his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, whom he never saw

    Satyajit Ray
    · May 02, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Secularism biggest threat to India’s traditions finding a spot on global stage, says Adityanath

    Secularism biggest threat to India’s traditions finding a spot on global stage, says Adityanath

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 07, 2021 · 12:55 pm
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