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  • ‘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
  • ‘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
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