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Scroll Quiz: How well do you know these novels centred around Indian independence?
Harsimran Gill
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Meet Agnijo Banerjee, the 17-year-old prodigy determined to make mathematics cool with his book
Chandni Doulatramani
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Meet the man who has made it his business to help writers sell their books to film-makers
Kanishka Gupta
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The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize announces its shortlist for 2018
Scroll Staff
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The Higginbothams story: How a sea cadet from Kerala set up India’s oldest book chain in 1844
Anu Kumar
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Can reading a good book help with eating disorders? Yes, but it can also do harm, says new research
Emily Troscianko, The Conversation
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In the digital age, a 120-year-old library in rural Maharashtra shows that books aren’t dead
Sanket Jain
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How we discovered three poisonous books in our university library (just like in Umberto Eco’s novel)
Jakob Povl Holck, The Conversation Kaare Lund Rasmussen, The Conversation
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Centuries after my ancestors left Kashmir, my ties with its food are unbroken
Sarina Kamini
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How a Gujarati-speaking writer in Chennai became an acclaimed Tamil anthologist and bookseller
Vijaysree Venkatraman
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Why France fell in love with an Indian female author after her death in 19th century
Blake Smith
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Magician PC Sorcar’s globetrotting career started with the help of an unlikely figure – Netaji Bose
PC Sorcar Jr.
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Reviving the past: A literary collective is translating 100 classic novels across Indian languages
Bhavya Dore
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When did dal become India’s favoured food, and what was Rama’s preferred preparation?
Salma Husain Vijay Thukral
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These rare old guidebooks show why Mumbai is ‘one of the most remarkable cities’ in the world
Soumya Rao
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What John Stuart Mill wrote in the margins of the books he read reveals a lot about his mind
Albert Pionke, The Conversation
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Remembering the Swiss woman who went from ‘India to the Planet Mars’ in the 19th century
Anu Kumar
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World Book Day: Ten memorable scenes from Hindi cinema where books play a starring role
Madhulika Liddle
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Why are we still fascinated by tales of the ‘shikaar’ despite the ecological horrors of hunting?
Amish Raj Mulmi
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Chetan Bhagat is shifting from Rupa Publications to Amazon with a multi-book deal
Scroll Staff