Why Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, rarely thinks about his time there

Pankaj Mishra

· Jun 18, 2024 · 08:30 am

How poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan coined the term ‘Videsh Mantralaya’ (which impressed PM Nehru)

Kallol Bhattacharjee

· Jun 17, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘Bhang Journeys’: A heady tale about the popular Indian intoxicant and its many splendours

Ipshita Mitra

· Jun 16, 2024 · 07:30 am

Nobel laureate VS Naipaul’s sister writes about being Indian in a Creole society in her memoir

Savi Naipaul Akal

· Jun 12, 2024 · 08:30 am

This book brings oral testimonies of women who survived the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi

Sanam Sutirath Wazir

· Jun 10, 2024 · 08:30 am

June global nonfiction: Six newly published books illustrate how the world has changed with time

Scroll Staff

· Jun 08, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Zai Whitaker writes of her (and Rom’s) wild adventures in conserving reptiles and their habitats

Zai Whitaker

· Jun 07, 2024 · 08:30 am

How leaked emails of climate scientists were misinterpreted to deny climate change, discredit them

Fiona Fox

· Jun 06, 2024 · 03:00 pm

From the memoir: How Bhantus, a ‘criminal tribe’, found acceptance from Christian missionaries

Nusrat F Jafri

· Jun 04, 2024 · 08:30 am

In 1971, Delhi Police caught an ex-soldier for duping SBI of Rs 60 lakh by posing as the PM’s aide

Rasheed Kidwai Prakash Patra

· Jun 03, 2024 · 08:30 am

June nonfiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to read as you cross this year’s halfway mark

Sayari Debnath

· Jun 01, 2024 · 03:30 pm

Is storytelling essential for journalism? A new book of essays asks how important stories are

Jeremy Harding

· May 31, 2024 · 01:30 pm

How former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur democratised education by making English non-compulsory

Santosh Singh Aditya Anmol

· May 30, 2024 · 08:30 am

How Rukmini Devi Arundale modernised the Kalakshetra sari and made ‘Ahimsa silk’ fashionable

VR Devika

· May 27, 2024 · 01:30 pm

From a book on frauds: How a scandal surrounding a French royal led to the French Revolution

Vijay Narayan Govind

· May 22, 2024 · 01:30 pm

First-person accounts of poverty and dreams in Buland Masjid, a makeshift habitation in New Delhi

Chitvan Gill

· May 22, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘The Saffron Storm’: Saba Naqvi presents a contemporary history of the BJP’s journey to domination

Shakir Mir

· May 19, 2024 · 07:30 am

This personal narrative explores the joy and irony of small-town life in India

Sumana Roy

· May 17, 2024 · 08:30 am

May global nonfiction: Six recent books that examine our fears, pains, and troubled history

Scroll Staff

· May 11, 2024 · 01:30 pm

How Imran Khan found a friend in Donald Trump during a 2019 meeting in Washington DC

Salman Masood

· May 10, 2024 · 01:30 pm