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  • ‘Life is non-literary, unstructured. We try to give our own structure to it’: Writer Jayant Kaikini

    ‘Life is non-literary, unstructured. We try to give our own structure to it’: Writer Jayant Kaikini

    Urvashi Bahuguna
    · Jan 12, 2019 · 08:30 am
  • There’s a good chance adults will enjoy this book more than children (who already know what’s in it)

    There’s a good chance adults will enjoy this book more than children (who already know what’s in it)

    Shikhandin
    · Sep 16, 2018 · 10:30 am
  • Neelesh Misra’s universe of rural imagination does not travel well from radio to a book

    Neelesh Misra’s universe of rural imagination does not travel well from radio to a book

    Devapriya Roy
    · Sep 15, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • The next time children need bedtime stories, they can watch astronauts reading to them from space

    The next time children need bedtime stories, they can watch astronauts reading to them from space

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 21, 2018 · 05:00 pm
  • Video: Bengaluru’s puppeteer has been weaving life into wood for 20 years to tell beautiful stories

    Video: Bengaluru’s puppeteer has been weaving life into wood for 20 years to tell beautiful stories

    Scroll
    · Aug 17, 2017 · 11:28 am
  • Tanuja Chandra reminds us that Uttar Pradesh has delightful stories about women

    Tanuja Chandra reminds us that Uttar Pradesh has delightful stories about women

    Tanuja Chandra
    · Mar 30, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • With despair and disquiet (and some healing) from Assam, these stories marry fact to fiction

    With despair and disquiet (and some healing) from Assam, these stories marry fact to fiction

    Neha Bhatt
    · Jan 07, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • Why it’s important not just to read (and listen to) stories, but to tell them too

    Why it’s important not just to read (and listen to) stories, but to tell them too

    Shohini Sengupta
    · Dec 04, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • That evening when people listened instead of reading, and remembered why they love stories

    That evening when people listened instead of reading, and remembered why they love stories

    Neha Bhatt
    · Nov 19, 2016 · 12:30 pm
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