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  • The writing’s on the wall: JNU doesn’t need guns or tanks for lessons

    The writing’s on the wall: JNU doesn’t need guns or tanks for lessons

    Janaki Nair
    · Feb 28, 2016 · 08:45 am
  • If you loved those books, you’ll love these books too

    If you loved those books, you’ll love these books too

    Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan
    · Feb 27, 2016 · 02:00 pm
  • JNU controversy shows the dangers of hyper-nationalism and McCarthyism: Ex-envoy Naresh Chandra

    JNU controversy shows the dangers of hyper-nationalism and McCarthyism: Ex-envoy Naresh Chandra

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Feb 25, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • What exactly is anti-national about shouting ‘Pakistan zindabad'?

    What exactly is anti-national about shouting ‘Pakistan zindabad'?

    Dilip D’Souza
    · Feb 24, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • 'Whenever I lost courage, my life became a meaningless burden': Balraj Sahni to JNU students in 1972

    'Whenever I lost courage, my life became a meaningless burden': Balraj Sahni to JNU students in 1972

    Balraj Sahni
    · Feb 21, 2016 · 10:30 am
  • Assam’s search for its ‘original inhabitants’ returns a key question: Who is Assamese, anyway?

    Assam’s search for its ‘original inhabitants’ returns a key question: Who is Assamese, anyway?

    Ipsita Chakravarty
    · Feb 18, 2016 · 09:15 am
  • The Kapu question: Should a socially powerful but economically weak group get reservations?

    The Kapu question: Should a socially powerful but economically weak group get reservations?

    Mridula Chari
    · Feb 13, 2016 · 09:15 am
  • How ‘Babul Mora’, sung by Jagjit Singh, was recorded at 4am

    How ‘Babul Mora’, sung by Jagjit Singh, was recorded at 4am

    Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
    · Feb 09, 2016 · 12:15 pm
  • What if Carrie Bradshaw were Ghanaian? You would have ‘An African City’

    What if Carrie Bradshaw were Ghanaian? You would have ‘An African City’

    Ankita Chawla
    · Feb 07, 2016 · 01:00 pm
  • How Helen MacDonald combined nature writing, grief memoir and biography into one genre-bending book

    How Helen MacDonald combined nature writing, grief memoir and biography into one genre-bending book

    Shreya Ila Anasuya
    · Feb 07, 2016 · 12:00 pm
  • Detective Feluda was Satyajit Ray’s way of coping with the nightmare called Calcutta

    Detective Feluda was Satyajit Ray’s way of coping with the nightmare called Calcutta

    Indrajit Hazra
    · Feb 05, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Delighted, charmed and horrified: Steve McCurry's vibrant photos of India (and Indians)

    Delighted, charmed and horrified: Steve McCurry's vibrant photos of India (and Indians)

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Feb 04, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • Remembering the legacy of Bhupen Khakhar, India’s first openly gay artist

    Remembering the legacy of Bhupen Khakhar, India’s first openly gay artist

    Ranjit Hoskote
    · Feb 03, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • ‘The dalits are coming, step aside’: Five lyrics of revolution

    ‘The dalits are coming, step aside’: Five lyrics of revolution

    Siddalingaiah
    · Jan 31, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Jhulelal or Zinda Pir: Of river saints, fish and flows of the Indus

    Jhulelal or Zinda Pir: Of river saints, fish and flows of the Indus

    Parineeta Dandekar
    · Jan 30, 2016 · 08:30 pm
  • Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?

    Was there ever a time when so few people controlled so much wealth?

    Eoin Flaherty, The Conversation
    · Jan 29, 2016 · 11:30 pm
  • A suicide note and the debate on bullfighting reveal our distorted reality

    A suicide note and the debate on bullfighting reveal our distorted reality

    TM Krishna
    · Jan 27, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • Eight books from India that are looking for a global market

    Eight books from India that are looking for a global market

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 24, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘I’d tried my hand at the novel earlier – after 30 or 40 pages, I knew they’d be disasters’

    ‘I’d tried my hand at the novel earlier – after 30 or 40 pages, I knew they’d be disasters’

    Devapriya Roy
    · Jan 23, 2016 · 04:30 pm
  • Behind AAP's popularity in Punjab: NRIs and a changing social structure

    Behind AAP's popularity in Punjab: NRIs and a changing social structure

    Ajaz Ashraf
    · Jan 22, 2016 · 09:15 am
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