• Become A Member
  • Gift Membership
  • Gift Membership
Scroll.in Logo
  • Gift Membership
  • Sign In
  • Become A Member
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The Latest
  • Members-Only
  • Video
  • Eco India
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Trending
    Trending
    • ‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters

      ‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters

      Nandini Ramnath
    • The problem with David Attenborough’s spectator environmentalism

      The problem with David Attenborough’s spectator environmentalism

      Amit John Kurien
    • For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal

      For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal

      Thirumoy Banerjee
    • Review: In ‘Maa Behen’, the joys of misbehaving women

      Review: In ‘Maa Behen’, the joys of misbehaving women

      Nandini Ramnath
    • Interview: ‘Good chance that BJP will co-opt Cockroach Janta Party’s demands’

      Interview: ‘Good chance that BJP will co-opt Cockroach Janta Party’s demands’

      Anant Gupta
    • In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in

      In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in

      Shahd Alshammari
    • Bhopal’s Barkatullah University to be renamed Vagdevi Bhojpal University

      Bhopal’s Barkatullah University to be renamed Vagdevi Bhojpal University

      Scroll Staff
    • Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates

      Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates

      Vaishnavi Rathore
    • Review: ‘The Pyramid Scheme’ cheats on a promising idea

      Review: ‘The Pyramid Scheme’ cheats on a promising idea

      Deepa Gahlot
    • ‘100 is just a number’: PM’s economic adviser says rupee should ‘find its own value’

      ‘100 is just a number’: PM’s economic adviser says rupee should ‘find its own value’

      Scroll Staff
    • A murder in the UK reopens debate on whether Sikhs should be allowed to carry kirpans in public

      A murder in the UK reopens debate on whether Sikhs should be allowed to carry kirpans in public

      Jasjit Singh, The Conversation
    • Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others

      Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others

      Sachin Tiwale
    We Need Your Help
    Scroll has produced award-winning journalism despite threats, falling ad revenues and rising costs. Support our work. Become a member today.
  • More
    More
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Health
    • Education
    • Climate and Environment
    Newsletters
    • The Daily Brief
    • Now Watching By The Reel
    Read on the Go
    Get updates
    Please Don't Look Away
    AI is hollowing out independent media, stealing our readership and revenue. Only you can stop this bleeding. Support our work. Join Scroll today!
  • Newsletters

Surveillance state

  • How the internet first freed and then trapped Uighur Muslims in China

    How the internet first freed and then trapped Uighur Muslims in China

    Darren Byler, The Conversation
    · Sep 21, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Aadhaar Act amendments let private firms resume use of biometric ID, sustain arbitrary surveillance

    Aadhaar Act amendments let private firms resume use of biometric ID, sustain arbitrary surveillance

    Sruthisagar Yamunan
    · Jan 04, 2019 · 06:30 am
  • Delhi’s move to collect Aadhaar, voter IDs of families of school students raises concerns

    Delhi’s move to collect Aadhaar, voter IDs of families of school students raises concerns

    Shreya Roy Chowdhury
    · Sep 13, 2018 · 10:30 am
  • Lynchings in India: A doctor explains the pathology of normalising extreme violence

    Lynchings in India: A doctor explains the pathology of normalising extreme violence

    Abhay Shukla
    · Sep 06, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Centre says it doesn’t have records of correspondence on proposed social media monitoring tool

    Centre says it doesn’t have records of correspondence on proposed social media monitoring tool

    Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
    · Aug 03, 2018 · 07:30 am
  • Aadhaar authority wants to monitor social media to identify “top detractors” and fix “sentiments”

    Aadhaar authority wants to monitor social media to identify “top detractors” and fix “sentiments”

    Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
    · Jul 28, 2018 · 09:00 am
  • Your Morning Fix: Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking ban on female genital mutilation

    Your Morning Fix: Supreme Court to hear PIL seeking ban on female genital mutilation

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 16, 2018 · 06:30 am
  • Memo to Shekhar Gupta: To understand Aadhaar’s threat to democracy, listen to Snoopgate tapes

    Memo to Shekhar Gupta: To understand Aadhaar’s threat to democracy, listen to Snoopgate tapes

    Girish Shahane
    · Jan 10, 2018 · 08:00 am
  • Supreme Court has every reason to strike down Aadhaar Act. Will it?

    Supreme Court has every reason to strike down Aadhaar Act. Will it?

    Abhishek Sudhir
    · May 02, 2017 · 06:30 am