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  • Should cinema stay away from religion altogether? Here’s what Devdutt Pattanaik has to say

    Should cinema stay away from religion altogether? Here’s what Devdutt Pattanaik has to say

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Aug 23, 2023 · 08:15 am
  • ‘Tired of living and angry with death’: Mir Taqi Mir’s Urdu verses from the Murty Classical Library

    ‘Tired of living and angry with death’: Mir Taqi Mir’s Urdu verses from the Murty Classical Library

    Mir Taqi Mir Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
    · Aug 22, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • Chess, World Cup 2023: Praggnanandhaa beats Fabiano Caruana; sets up title clash with Magnus Carlsen

    Chess, World Cup 2023: Praggnanandhaa beats Fabiano Caruana; sets up title clash with Magnus Carlsen

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 22, 2023 · 11:12 am
  • How did India’s news channels become so full of hate?

    How did India’s news channels become so full of hate?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Aug 21, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • 50 years of hip-hop: How the music became a global cultural movement

    50 years of hip-hop: How the music became a global cultural movement

    Adam de Paor-Evans, The Conversation
    · Aug 19, 2023 · 11:30 pm
  • ‘Marginlands’: A timely dive into the lives of people and species hit by environmental exploitation

    ‘Marginlands’: A timely dive into the lives of people and species hit by environmental exploitation

    Saurabh Sharma
    · Aug 19, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • Chess World Cup 2023: R Praggnanandhaa reaches semi-final; books Candidates spot

    Chess World Cup 2023: R Praggnanandhaa reaches semi-final; books Candidates spot

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 18, 2023 · 11:36 am
  • From politician Sanjay Jha: A book about the adventures of his beloved pet dog, Louis

    From politician Sanjay Jha: A book about the adventures of his beloved pet dog, Louis

    Sanjay Jha
    · Aug 17, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • This novel is a retelling of 16th-century Sufi mystic and poet Shah Hussain’s eccentric life

    This novel is a retelling of 16th-century Sufi mystic and poet Shah Hussain’s eccentric life

    Sarbpreet Singh
    · Aug 16, 2023 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘Azadi’: In Chaman Nahal’s 1975 novel, the reality of the Partition dawns, and lives are destroyed

    ‘Azadi’: In Chaman Nahal’s 1975 novel, the reality of the Partition dawns, and lives are destroyed

    Chaman Nahal
    · Aug 15, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • The searing injustice of the Indian state’s broken promise to Muslims

    The searing injustice of the Indian state’s broken promise to Muslims

    Salik Ahmad, The India Forum
    · Aug 15, 2023 · 07:30 am
  • Women in Translation Month: Novels and short stories by women writers from ten Asian languages

    Women in Translation Month: Novels and short stories by women writers from ten Asian languages

    Sayari Debnath
    · Aug 13, 2023 · 05:30 pm
  • In Tamil Nadu, fisherman are using smartphones to map their endangered way of life

    In Tamil Nadu, fisherman are using smartphones to map their endangered way of life

    Vidhi Doshi, Thomson Reuters Foundation Laasya Shekhar, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Aug 12, 2023 · 07:30 pm
  • ‘The East Indian’: This novel about an Indian indentured labourer has more scale than depth

    ‘The East Indian’: This novel about an Indian indentured labourer has more scale than depth

    Shubhangi Tiwari
    · Aug 12, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • In ‘Rapture’, blind faith collides with reason in the Garo Hills

    In ‘Rapture’, blind faith collides with reason in the Garo Hills

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Aug 12, 2023 · 09:58 am
  • With climate change, Shaligram fossils sacred to Hindus and Buddhists are becoming rarer

    With climate change, Shaligram fossils sacred to Hindus and Buddhists are becoming rarer

    Holly Walters, The Conversation
    · Aug 11, 2023 · 07:30 pm
  • ‘Easy money’ drives surge in trade of small wild cats in Mizoram

    ‘Easy money’ drives surge in trade of small wild cats in Mizoram

    Nabarun Guha
    · Aug 10, 2023 · 07:30 pm
  • Manipur sexual assault: In a first, Adivasis across India are protesting atrocities in North East

    Manipur sexual assault: In a first, Adivasis across India are protesting atrocities in North East

    Nolina Minj
    · Aug 10, 2023 · 07:00 pm
  • Fiction: Lawyer Jay Singh never loses a case. Yet his father’s murder 20 years ago remains a mystery

    Fiction: Lawyer Jay Singh never loses a case. Yet his father’s murder 20 years ago remains a mystery

    Vish Dhamija
    · Aug 10, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • Translated from the Hindi: A new book brings 16 works of short fiction about same-sex desire

    Translated from the Hindi: A new book brings 16 works of short fiction about same-sex desire

    Akanksha Pare Ruth Vanita
    · Aug 08, 2023 · 05:30 pm
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