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History of Hyderabad: How state support for education gave India its first vernacular university
Dinesh C Sharma
· Sep 24, 2024 · 08:30 am
From the memoir: What does a trainee do when he arrives 20 days too early for his first job?
V Raghunathan
· Sep 23, 2024 · 08:30 am
How Rakhaldas Banerji, who discovered the antiquity of Mohenjodaro, was embroiled in idol theft
Nayanjot Lahiri
· Sep 20, 2024 · 08:30 am
This book is a sister’s tribute to her brother, an army major who died in a road accident at 31
Vinod Kotwal
· Sep 18, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Why Akbar was a staunch believer in sulh-e-kul or complete harmony among all faiths in his empire
Shazi Zaman
· Sep 18, 2024 · 08:30 am
First-person narrative: The brother of a Bangladeshi rape victim recalls his sister’s ostracisation
Sohana Manzoor
· Sep 17, 2024 · 01:30 pm
A new book records the ways some cultures ostracise widows and in some cases deem them ‘unclean’
Mineke Schipper
· Sep 16, 2024 · 01:30 pm
From the biography: Sociologist Irawati Karve’s first impressions of Berlin after World War One
Urmilla Deshpande Thiago Pinto Barbosa
· Sep 12, 2024 · 08:30 am
Despite provisioning for maternity leave, Indian workplaces are hostile to mothers. Why?
Saurabh Kirpal
· Sep 10, 2024 · 08:30 am
September global nonfiction: Six new books revisit events that changed the course of global history
Scroll Staff
· Sep 07, 2024 · 01:30 pm
From the memoir: Ruchi Ghanashyam on being the first Indian woman diplomat posted in Islamabad
Ruchi Ghanashyam
· Sep 06, 2024 · 08:30 am
Translated Hindi nonfiction: ‘Bhartiya Rashtriya Aandolan Aur Rashtravad’, by Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib Ramesh Rawat
· Sep 05, 2024 · 06:30 pm
Memoir: A police officer on how he competed in the Ironman triathlon despite suffering from cancer
Nidhin Valsan
· Sep 05, 2024 · 08:30 am
A new book on video culture examines the phenomenon of wedding photos – and later, videos – in India
Ishita Tiwary
· Sep 04, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Translated Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Aapatkal Aakhyan’, by Gyan Prakash
Gyan Prakash Mihir Pandya
· Sep 03, 2024 · 06:30 pm
A new book recounts how the volcano Eyjafjallajökull’s eruption in 2010 curtailed global commerce
Guru Madhavan
· Sep 03, 2024 · 01:30 pm
The early years of Nandlal Kapur, the young Indian recruited as a British spy in the 1920s
Enakshi Sengupta
· Sep 03, 2024 · 08:30 am
September nonfiction: A new book of Indian history by William Dalrymple and five more titles to read
Sayari Debnath
· Aug 31, 2024 · 08:30 am
Art history: What was the work of the Madras Progressive Painters’ Association like?
Bina Sarkar Ellias
· Aug 27, 2024 · 08:30 am
Hindi travelogue: An excerpt from ‘Weh Bhi Koi Desh Hai Maharaj’ by Anil Yadav
Anil Yadav
· Aug 20, 2024 · 06:30 pm
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