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  • As Covid-19 crisis unfolds, Modi could dispel negativity by starting an honest national conversation

    As Covid-19 crisis unfolds, Modi could dispel negativity by starting an honest national conversation

    Anjali Mody
    · Apr 03, 2020 · 06:30 am
  • Excerpt: How (and why) the ‘Ramayana’ TV serial brought much of India to a standstill in the 1980s

    Excerpt: How (and why) the ‘Ramayana’ TV serial brought much of India to a standstill in the 1980s

    Amrita Shah
    · Mar 30, 2020 · 10:00 am
  • Arjuna’s arrows had nuclear power, claims West Bengal governor at science fair

    Arjuna’s arrows had nuclear power, claims West Bengal governor at science fair

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 15, 2020 · 10:11 am
  • What Bhisham Sahni’s ‘Madhavi’ tells us about female agency (or the lack of it) in the Mahabharata

    What Bhisham Sahni’s ‘Madhavi’ tells us about female agency (or the lack of it) in the Mahabharata

    Pratiti
    · Jan 04, 2020 · 08:30 am
  • How a cafe owner and Rajiv Gandhi contributed to Ramanand Sagar’s blockbuster TV show ‘Ramayan’

    How a cafe owner and Rajiv Gandhi contributed to Ramanand Sagar’s blockbuster TV show ‘Ramayan’

    Prem Sagar
    · Dec 14, 2019 · 02:30 pm
  • Parliament: ‘Many called me worst finance minister, but I hear them out,’ says Nirmala Sitharaman

    Parliament: ‘Many called me worst finance minister, but I hear them out,’ says Nirmala Sitharaman

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 02, 2019 · 12:17 pm
  • Devdutt Pattanaik and Amruta Patil pick a minor myth for their graphic novel about forest mystique

    Devdutt Pattanaik and Amruta Patil pick a minor myth for their graphic novel about forest mystique

    Rituparna Sengupta
    · Nov 23, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • 10,000 people charged with sedition in one Jharkhand district. What does democracy mean here?

    10,000 people charged with sedition in one Jharkhand district. What does democracy mean here?

    Supriya Sharma
    · Nov 19, 2019 · 09:00 am
  • ‘If there’s one successful sci-fi movie, there will be 20 more’: ‘House Arrest’ director Samit Basu

    ‘If there’s one successful sci-fi movie, there will be 20 more’: ‘House Arrest’ director Samit Basu

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Nov 11, 2019 · 08:00 am
  • What really is Indian Right-wing thinking? Jaithirth ‘Jerry’ Rao explains the ideas behind his book

    What really is Indian Right-wing thinking? Jaithirth ‘Jerry’ Rao explains the ideas behind his book

    Jaithirth Rao
    · Nov 02, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • What if there’s an ancient temple under your office? Twitter parody of Ayodhya case sparks confusion

    What if there’s an ancient temple under your office? Twitter parody of Ayodhya case sparks confusion

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Oct 19, 2019 · 04:23 pm
  • PUBG and Warcraft can’t teach the life lessons that these traditional Indian board games did

    PUBG and Warcraft can’t teach the life lessons that these traditional Indian board games did

    Mallik Thatipalli
    · Oct 16, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • Babri Masjid case: Archaeological evidence rules out present-day Ayodhya as city of sacred texts

    Babri Masjid case: Archaeological evidence rules out present-day Ayodhya as city of sacred texts

    Rajesh Kochhar
    · Sep 07, 2019 · 12:30 pm
  • The Laugh Ascending (in honour of Romila Thapar)

    The Laugh Ascending (in honour of Romila Thapar)

    Anonymouse
    · Sep 02, 2019 · 04:30 pm
  • Watch: Here’s Sushma Swaraj’s speech from 1996 where she talked about revoking Article 370

    Watch: Here’s Sushma Swaraj’s speech from 1996 where she talked about revoking Article 370

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 07, 2019 · 07:45 pm
  • From maharani to politician: How Gayatri Devi joined the Swatantra Party to oppose the Congress

    From maharani to politician: How Gayatri Devi joined the Swatantra Party to oppose the Congress

    Gayatri Devi
    · May 23, 2019 · 08:30 am
  • Election watch: PM Modi dares Congress to contest polls in ‘Bofors-accused’ Rajiv Gandhi’s name

    Election watch: PM Modi dares Congress to contest polls in ‘Bofors-accused’ Rajiv Gandhi’s name

    Scroll Staff
    · May 06, 2019 · 07:24 am
  • Election watch: I condemn ‘expiry PM’ Modi’s remarks about Rajiv Gandhi, says Mamata Banerjee

    Election watch: I condemn ‘expiry PM’ Modi’s remarks about Rajiv Gandhi, says Mamata Banerjee

    Scroll Staff
    · May 05, 2019 · 09:53 am
  • Election watch: EC clears Narendra Modi in poll code violation case for sixth time this week

    Election watch: EC clears Narendra Modi in poll code violation case for sixth time this week

    Scroll Staff
    · May 04, 2019 · 10:48 am
  • ‘May I touch you?’: When kathak legend Sitara Devi met Hollywood royalty Marlene Dietrich

    ‘May I touch you?’: When kathak legend Sitara Devi met Hollywood royalty Marlene Dietrich

    Nasreen Munni Kabir
    · Mar 28, 2019 · 11:30 am
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