For Girish Karnad, ideas of resistance were not confined to books – he took them to the streets

Every time Bengaluru came together to stand in resistance, in rage, in seeking justice, he was there.

Arundhati Ghosh

· Jun 11, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Girish Karnad (1938-2019): Tributes roll in for revered writer, filmmaker and public intellectual

Karnad died at the age of 81 after suffering from a prolonged illness.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 10, 2019 · 12:43 pm

Tribute: Nazir Hoosein ensured that at Mumbai’s Liberty Cinema, the show never stopped

A tribute to the doughty owner of Liberty Cinema, Mumbai’s Art Deco gem.

Scroll Staff

· May 16, 2019 · 12:00 pm

S Muthiah (1930-2019): The man who taught us how to love Madras

The long-time author of ‘Madras Miscellany’ always said that he was a chronicler, not a historian.

Samanth Subramanian

· Apr 22, 2019 · 08:00 am

Tribute: Director Ravindra Dave, who was ‘Ravinbhai’ in Hindi films and ‘Bapa’ for Gujarati cinema

A tribute to the multi-faceted filmmaker on his birth centenary.

Hiren B Dave

· Apr 16, 2019 · 07:45 am

Tamil cinema loses one of its greats, filmmaker J Mahendran dies at 79

He directed several classics including ‘Mullum Malarum’, ‘Uthiripookkal’ and ‘Nenjathai Killathe’.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 02, 2019 · 10:35 am

Why The Prodigy’s Keith Flint will always be a part of the music of those who grew up in ’90s India

In pre-internet India, when MTV was the gateway to the outside world, The Prodigy frontman was the face of electronic music.

Abhishek Sikhwal

· Mar 07, 2019 · 11:30 am

George Fernandes (1930-2019): A man of extraordinary conviction

Having lived on Bombay’s footpaths and experienced the plight of working people, he dreamed of a world free of poverty, injustice and exploitation.

Sudheendra Kulkarni

· Jan 30, 2019 · 06:30 am

Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66: What Zimbabwe’s man with the talking guitar tried to teach through song

Oliver Mtukudzi has left the world his greatest prized possession – his music.

Willie Chinyamurindi, The Conversation

· Jan 25, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Jonas Mekas, filmmaker and guardian of avant-garde cinema, dies

The acclaimed writer, critic, curator, archivist and director was 96.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 24, 2019 · 01:13 pm

‘He always remained first class’: Shaukat Kaifi on the legendary poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi

On the occasion of Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary, edited excerpts from Shaukat Kaif’s memoir about her acclaimed poet-lyricist husband.

Shaukat Kaifi

· Jan 14, 2019 · 08:15 am

PL Deshpande, the celebrated writer and subject of a biopic, was ‘loved because he loved’

A tribute to the multi-hyphenate talent, whose life and times have been celebrated in Mahesh Manjrekar’s ‘Bhaai – Vyakti Kee Valli’.

Shanta Gokhale

· Jan 06, 2019 · 10:30 am