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Manipur panel will review new books on state’s history, culture to ensure accuracy

Scroll Staff
· Sep 17, 2022 · 05:46 pm
Watch: Indian folk dance performed at Vogue magazine’s 130th anniversary party in New York

Scroll Staff
· Sep 15, 2022 · 01:46 pm
‘Non-Hindu’ Bharatanatyam dancer stopped from performing in Kerala temple

Scroll Staff
· Mar 29, 2022 · 01:00 pm
‘India’s Undeclared Emergency’: Can forms of dissent rooted in culture and religion be revived?

Arvind Narrain
· Jan 13, 2022 · 08:30 am
To pierce a mustard seed and let in seven oceans: Ambai on the art of translation

Ambai
· Mar 27, 2021 · 12:30 pm
Watch: Students do a stylish ‘horse racing’ dance to learn about Mongolian culture

Scroll Staff
· Dec 05, 2020 · 02:19 pm
How this image came to define the coronavirus and why you’re seeing it everywhere

Colette Gaiter, The Conversation
· Apr 12, 2020 · 08:30 pm
Why even the best singers falter while singing ‘Happy Birthday’ and other common cultural songs

Bryan Nichols, The Conversation
· Mar 01, 2020 · 08:30 pm
Why has pop music become darker over the years?

Alberto Acerbi, Aeon Charlotte Brand, Aeon
· Feb 07, 2020 · 09:30 pm
From emperor Akbar’s tomb to Ginsberg’s sketchbook, this mysterious motif has persisted over time

Annabel Teh Gallop
· Jan 25, 2020 · 08:30 pm
To shut down mansplaining, we need to change how we talk about it

Sarah Kaplan, The Conversation
· Jan 06, 2020 · 11:30 pm
The weird history of beds reveals how pillow talk has changed over the ages

Brian Fagan, The Conversation
· Jan 02, 2020 · 11:30 pm
Steak for the gentleman, salad for the lady: How foods came to be gendered

Paul Freedman, The Conversation
· Dec 31, 2019 · 08:30 pm
Nataraja: How the dancing avatar of Shiva made his way from rock sculptures to modern physics

Harish Pullanoor, qz.com
· Dec 24, 2019 · 01:30 pm
A travel writer revisits his hometown in Pakistan and discovers a Bollywood connection

Omar Mukhtar Khan, Dawn.com
· Dec 15, 2019 · 09:30 pm
How an Englishman who loved late-night parties died a Muslim saint in Pakistan

Furqan Hyder Shaikh
· Dec 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm
‘It takes a lot to be yourself on camera’: Watch Lilly Singh’s experience of hosting a TV show

Scroll Staff
· Oct 22, 2019 · 08:12 am
Watch: Mexico City hosted its annual zombie walk as people turned out in full costume

Scroll Staff
· Oct 22, 2019 · 08:08 am
Ganesh Chaturthi 2019: Date, significance and importance of the festival

Scroll Staff
· Aug 30, 2019 · 03:51 pm
Travel isn’t just fun or enriching – it could also help you become a better person

Hector Gonzalez-Jimenez, The Conversation
· May 11, 2019 · 11:30 pm