Fiction
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The rise, fall and resurrection of horror fiction in American popular entertainment
In the late 1960s, the genre had reached unforeseen levels of mainstream cultural prestige and commercial profitability in the United States.
Ali Alizadeh, The Conversation
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The German book of ghost stories that inspired Mary Shelley to write ‘Frankenstein’
‘Frankenstein’ was born from a writing challenge and the book Shelley was reading at the time was ‘Fantasmagoriana’.
Fabio Camilletti, The Conversation
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Sorry, Will Self, your report on the death of the novel is (still) premature
The mourning is for ‘literary fiction’ rather than the form of the novel.
Katy Shaw, The Conversation
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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The Idiot
If Woody Allen were a female freshman at Harvard.
Scroll Staff
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Short Story: I Am A Hindu
As the temperature rises in India over conversion and reconversion, can fiction foreshadow fact?
Asghar Wajahat
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A Saki short story on his birthday: Mrs Packletide’s Tiger
We celebrate #ThrowBackThursday by bringing you a celebrated short story – set in India – by one of the world’s best-known short story writers. Hector Hugh Munro, alias Saki, was born on December 18, 1870.
Saki
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Before You Eat, There is Love
An excerpt from 'The Lovers and the Leavers', a novel in stories (and a few poems), by a Bangladeshi-American writer.
Abeer Hoque
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The Spirits of Shah Alam Camp
A poignant but chilling story set in a rehabilitation camp for survivors of a communal riot.
Asghar Wajahat
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The teenager’s dilemma: what to do when your best friend comes out
A 17-year-old girl learns unexpected things about the people closest to her, pitching herself into a crisis of conditioning.
Payal Dhar
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver