• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families
    • Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR
    • White roofs can cool down homes – but scaling up this simple solution is a challenge
    • In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches
    • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
    • A new parenting book suggests ways to amicably break up fights between young siblings
    • Harsh Mander: When lawless cruelty becomes state policy – India’s casting of Rohingya into the sea
    • Fiction pick: An elderly Bengali couple cannot decide what to feed their son-in-law on Jamai Shashti
    • ‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice
    • Calcutta HC denies interim relief to law student arrested for remarks about Prophet Muhammad
    • Man arrested in Punjab on charges of spying for Pakistan during Operation Sindoor
    • Scheduled Caste panel issues notice after Telangana IAS officer asks students to clean toilets
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

× Close
  • This is the best word to start Wordle with, according to a language researcher

    This is the best word to start Wordle with, according to a language researcher

    David Sidhu, The Conversation
    · Feb 01, 2022 · 07:30 pm
  • India’s vaccine policy has left those most at risk exposed to the third wave of Covid-19

    India’s vaccine policy has left those most at risk exposed to the third wave of Covid-19

    Soumitra Ghosh Aravinda Guntupalli Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
    · Jan 06, 2022 · 06:30 am
  • Five Victorian detective stories to read that are not Sherlock Holmes mysteries

    Five Victorian detective stories to read that are not Sherlock Holmes mysteries

    Clare Clarke, The Conversation
    · Jan 02, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • How the decades-old Japanese honkaku murder mysteries are making a comeback in English translation

    How the decades-old Japanese honkaku murder mysteries are making a comeback in English translation

    Arunima Mazumdar
    · Aug 24, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘The Bicycle Diaries’: The tale of Indian cyclists who circumnavigated the world of a century ago

    ‘The Bicycle Diaries’: The tale of Indian cyclists who circumnavigated the world of a century ago

    Savia Viegas Anoop Babani
    · Aug 20, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Feluda is one of Satyajit Ray’s greatest creations but is he too brilliant for the movies?

    Feluda is one of Satyajit Ray’s greatest creations but is he too brilliant for the movies?

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Jun 07, 2021 · 10:30 am
  • ‘The Last Hour’ review: Murder and mumbo-jumbo in supernatural crime thriller

    ‘The Last Hour’ review: Murder and mumbo-jumbo in supernatural crime thriller

    Scroll Staff
    · May 14, 2021 · 12:00 pm
  • ‘The Irregulars’ trailer: In new spin on Sherlock Holmes, teens solve supernatural crimes

    ‘The Irregulars’ trailer: In new spin on Sherlock Holmes, teens solve supernatural crimes

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 15, 2021 · 11:15 pm
  • How the retelling of old tales in new form creates an economy of fiction that can trigger change

    How the retelling of old tales in new form creates an economy of fiction that can trigger change

    Varsha Ramachandran
    · Mar 07, 2021 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘The Sound of Music’ actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91

    ‘The Sound of Music’ actor Christopher Plummer dies at 91

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 06, 2021 · 10:45 am
  • Hercule Poirot, still the world’s most loved detective, turns 100

    Hercule Poirot, still the world’s most loved detective, turns 100

    Christopher Pittard, The Conversation
    · Jan 27, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: What lies behind the detective’s appeal?

    Sherlock Holmes and the case of toxic masculinity: What lies behind the detective’s appeal?

    Ashley Morgan, The Conversation
    · Dec 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • Rasika Dugal interview: ‘If you think you are doing everything right, then you’re not listening’

    Rasika Dugal interview: ‘If you think you are doing everything right, then you’re not listening’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Nov 17, 2020 · 10:30 am
  • What a literary publisher thinks (and reads) when thinking about publishing during the pandemic

    What a literary publisher thinks (and reads) when thinking about publishing during the pandemic

    Udayan Mitra
    · Oct 13, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Abhay 2’ review: The sharpest, surliest Indian police officer is back

    ‘Abhay 2’ review: The sharpest, surliest Indian police officer is back

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Sep 30, 2020 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘Enola Holmes’ review: Sherlock Holmes has a sister – and she’s just as sharp

    ‘Enola Holmes’ review: Sherlock Holmes has a sister – and she’s just as sharp

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Sep 23, 2020 · 02:00 pm
  • ‘C U Soon’ review: Swipe right for love and lies

    ‘C U Soon’ review: Swipe right for love and lies

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Sep 01, 2020 · 09:25 am
  • With the news proving overwhelming during the pandemic, what kind of books are readers picking up?

    With the news proving overwhelming during the pandemic, what kind of books are readers picking up?

    Subuhi Jiwani
    · Jul 07, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • Home theatre: 100 crime films and thrillers you can watch in India (across all platforms)

    Home theatre: 100 crime films and thrillers you can watch in India (across all platforms)

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 27, 2020 · 10:30 am
  • 'In African crime fiction the heroes and villains often exchange roles or are complicit in some way’

    'In African crime fiction the heroes and villains often exchange roles or are complicit in some way’

    Aretha Phiri, The Conversation Sam Naidu, The Conversation
    · Jun 26, 2020 · 07:34 pm
Previous Next