Remembering the life and work of my ‘aged friend’, poet Jayanta Mahapatra, in his role of a reader

‘That is whom I befriended – the most sensitive reader who had a line to quote for every beat of the human heart.’

Abinash Dash Choudhury

· Oct 01, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘Sharp wit, astute commentator’: Tributes pour in as cartoonist Ajit Ninan passes away

Many were introduced to his work as he drew the comic strip ‘Detective Moochhwala’ for the children’s magazine ‘Target’ in the 1980s.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 08, 2023 · 04:14 pm

Kavita Singh (1964-2023): A brilliant art historian and teacher with an insatiable zest for life

The former dean of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Arts and Aesthetics passed away on July 30.

Saloni Mathur

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Jyotindra Jain

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Parul Dave Mukherji

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Deepti Mulgund

· Aug 09, 2023 · 11:30 am

Nitin Desai, National Film Award-winning production designer, dies by suicide

Desai, who was 57, worked on some of the biggest Hindi films, including ‘Devdas’, ‘Lagaan’, ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ and ‘Munnabhai MBBS’.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 02, 2023 · 12:31 pm

Shanta Gokhale: The Navroze Contractor I knew

The renowned cinematographer and photographer died in a biking accident on June 18.

Shanta Gokhale

· Jun 21, 2023 · 08:00 am

Tina Turner (1939-2023): A symbol of empowerment, strength and the many facets of love

She remodelled every song she sang – realigning them so much that we now think of them as hers first.

Leigh Carriage, The Conversation

· May 25, 2023 · 04:25 pm

‘I shall not retreat’: Recalling Paul Robeson’s support for India’s freedom struggle

April 9 marks the US activist-singer’s 125th birth anniversary.

Archishman Raju

· Apr 09, 2023 · 11:30 am

‘Parineeta’ director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 68

His credits include ‘Mardaani’ and the web series ‘Duranga’.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 24, 2023 · 10:04 am

The story behind Dilip Kumar’s unseen ‘Aag Ka Dariya’ – and how the film could still be released

Director SV Rajendra Singh Babu talks to ‘Scroll.in’ about working with the actor and why the production got derailed.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Dec 11, 2022 · 07:45 am

Actor Vikram Gokhale passes away at 77

Among his most recent films was Nikhil Mahajan’s ‘Godavari’.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 26, 2022 · 04:05 pm

Amitabh Bachchan @80: How a man of such imperfection came to matter so much to so many

As much as we admire and aspire to virtuousness, Bachchan’s characters more accurately captured the reality of what it is to be human.

Priya Satia

· Oct 16, 2022 · 08:15 am

Tribute: Jean-Luc Godard was the past, present and future of cinema

His films showed us glimpses of a fleeting world but also its deeper ancestry and a prophecy of things to come.

Suresh Chabria

· Sep 13, 2022 · 07:20 pm