Books
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‘A jugalbandi of trust’: An indie publisher on the emotional economy of book-making
Sahana Ahmed
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Scroll Adda: Why Indians have stopped reading
Shoaib Daniyal Raghav Kakkar
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‘Decisions are driven more by significance than hype’: How India collects rare, antiquarian books
Sayari Debnath
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Want to read more this year? Here are some things you can do
Paty Paliokosta, The Conversation Alison Baverstock, The Conversation
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In a new book, a pet parent writes about experiencing fall for the first time with his puppy, Winter
Shantanu Naidu
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What and how to read in 2026: A reading plan by a writer and writing residency founder
Chetan Mahajan
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Lessons from Neverland: A writer reflects on the eternal wisdom of children’s books
Aishwarya Jha
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For children: Can Venky and Kannalmozhi set aside their differences to save trees from being felled?
Vibha Batra
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Plea in HC against Arundhati Roy book for cover showing her smoking without mandatory health warning
Scroll Staff
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Ramachandra Guha: In a book on Nepal, a reminder of why India should learn more about its neighbours
Ramachandra Guha
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South Asian books and the social good: Ruminations between the co-founders of Brown Girl Bookshelf
Mishika Narula Srisruthi Ramesh
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Dua Lipa reading Helen Garner may set off a trend. But books have signified taste for centuries
David Carter, The Conversation
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‘We desperately want to be customers again’: An open letter to publishers on rising prices of books
Nirav Mehta
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J&K Police raid bookshops after 25 titles are banned by administration
Scroll Staff
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J&K administration bans Arundhati Roy’s book, 24 other titles for ‘inciting secessionism’
Scroll Staff
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For very young readers: Three new picture books on the mysteries of human and animal nature
Niyatee Parikh Sharma Nalini Sorensen Nandita da Cunha
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For children: Katli makes up new versions of herself while living on an island where nothing happens
Aparna Kapur
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For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
Kavitha Mandana
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Should Joan Didion’s therapy notes to her husband about their daughter have been published?
Gemma Nisbet, The Conversation
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‘Becoming’: An exhibition that brought together 130 years of Indian children’s book art
Rati Girish