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

This book examines how the 1992 Mumbai riots increased ghettoisation and Hindu-Muslim distrust

Meena Menon

· Aug 20, 2024 · 08:30 am

How the Indian upper castes (and the Portuguese) exploited the tribals of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Neelesh Kulkarni

· Aug 19, 2024 · 08:30 am

August global nonfiction: Six new books to read to acquaint yourself with the stories of the world

Scroll Staff

· Aug 18, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Syeda’s story is also Delhi’s story’: Why Neha Dixit wrote about an ‘unknown’ working-class woman

Yamini Krishnan

· Aug 17, 2024 · 07:30 am

Hindi memoir: An excerpt from ‘Nadi Sinduri’ by Shirish Khare

Shirish Khare

· Aug 16, 2024 · 06:30 pm