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  • ‘Sita's question is an important one in these #MeToo times’: Writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    ‘Sita's question is an important one in these #MeToo times’: Writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Urvashi Bahuguna
    · Jan 27, 2019 · 07:00 am
  • A joke about the origins of pani puri becomes an unlikely fake news experiment

    A joke about the origins of pani puri becomes an unlikely fake news experiment

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 06, 2019 · 05:34 pm
  • ‘Chauvinistic claims’: Embarrassed Indian scientists protest irrational comments at Science Congress

    ‘Chauvinistic claims’: Embarrassed Indian scientists protest irrational comments at Science Congress

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Jan 06, 2019 · 03:45 pm
  • In Telangana, an ancient storytelling tradition is helping the police fight fake news on WhatsApp

    In Telangana, an ancient storytelling tradition is helping the police fight fake news on WhatsApp

    Vishwaveer Singh
    · Jan 05, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • Kauravas were test tube babies, claims Andhra University vice chancellor at Indian Science Congress

    Kauravas were test tube babies, claims Andhra University vice chancellor at Indian Science Congress

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 05, 2019 · 10:31 am
  • This novel marks the beginning of a new fantasy world in India’s speculative literatures

    This novel marks the beginning of a new fantasy world in India’s speculative literatures

    Vijayta Lalwani
    · Dec 22, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • A retelling of myths and folktales of India is a timely reminder of the country’s cultural diversity

    A retelling of myths and folktales of India is a timely reminder of the country’s cultural diversity

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Dec 15, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • How did the ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ come to be (and what has ‘dharma’ got to do with it)?

    How did the ‘Ramayana’ and ‘Mahabharata’ come to be (and what has ‘dharma’ got to do with it)?

    Devdutt Pattanaik
    · Dec 13, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Why do so few Indian authors write novels about terrorism, asks a writer

    Why do so few Indian authors write novels about terrorism, asks a writer

    Sirsho Bandopadhyay
    · Dec 09, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Film based on Anand Neelakantan’s Ramayana spinoff ‘Vanara’ in the works

    Film based on Anand Neelakantan’s Ramayana spinoff ‘Vanara’ in the works

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 01, 2018 · 04:54 pm
  • An artist wants to reignite interest in India’s tribal masks through her illustrations

    An artist wants to reignite interest in India’s tribal masks through her illustrations

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Nov 25, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • Mythological fiction in India is finally heading off the beaten path

    Mythological fiction in India is finally heading off the beaten path

    Urmi Chanda-Vaz
    · Nov 18, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • BJP’s major achievement in Rajasthan: Rewriting school textbooks to reflect RSS worldview

    BJP’s major achievement in Rajasthan: Rewriting school textbooks to reflect RSS worldview

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Nov 14, 2018 · 09:00 am
  • ‘Ram or crackers had no place in my Diwali’: A Marwari Jain laments homogenisation of the festival

    ‘Ram or crackers had no place in my Diwali’: A Marwari Jain laments homogenisation of the festival

    Mahima Jain
    · Nov 06, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • ‘It’s how they roll on your tongue that matters, not how they sit on the page’: Poet Mani Rao

    ‘It’s how they roll on your tongue that matters, not how they sit on the page’: Poet Mani Rao

    Rohini Kejriwal
    · Oct 07, 2018 · 07:00 am
  • Film adaptation of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel on Drapaudi in the works

    Film adaptation of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s novel on Drapaudi in the works

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 26, 2018 · 02:38 pm
  • Arranged marriages are a compromise between kama optimists and kama pessimists, writes Gurcharan Das

    Arranged marriages are a compromise between kama optimists and kama pessimists, writes Gurcharan Das

    Gurcharan Das
    · Sep 20, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb claims ducks increase oxygen levels in water bodies, draws criticism

    Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb claims ducks increase oxygen levels in water bodies, draws criticism

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 28, 2018 · 04:28 pm
  • What is ‘Indian food’ anyway? Even the epics revealed little of the menu, wrote Buddhadeva Bose

    What is ‘Indian food’ anyway? Even the epics revealed little of the menu, wrote Buddhadeva Bose

    Buddhadeva Bose
    · Aug 07, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • A philatelist’s love for the ‘Ramayana’ has led her to build a collection based on the Hindu epic

    A philatelist’s love for the ‘Ramayana’ has led her to build a collection based on the Hindu epic

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Aug 06, 2018 · 03:30 pm
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