Sunil Kumar (1956-2021): A historian who was passionate about reading Delhi’s past from its present

His big book was ‘The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, 1192-1286’.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

· Jan 18, 2021 · 07:30 am

Sunil Kothari (1933-2020): A great dance theoretician who was always full of childlike enthusiasm

Conversations with him were always rewarding. He was touched by the Greek muse Terpsichore, he understood what Shiva’s tandava nritya meant.

Salil Tripathi

· Dec 27, 2020 · 09:01 pm

Roddam Narasimha (1933-2020): A scientist-engineer with an endless thirst for knowledge

RN, as he was known, guided several generations of scientists.

Ronak Gupta

· Dec 17, 2020 · 09:44 am

My brief exchange with John le Carré

A filmmaker gets a letter from a long-admired writer.

Dylan Mohan Gray

· Dec 16, 2020 · 11:30 am

Astad Deboo (1947-2020): Photographs and memories in poems in tribute to the dance pioneer

Renowned for bringing modern dance to the stage, Astad Deboo died on December 10, 2020 at the age of 73.

Naveen Kishore

· Dec 12, 2020 · 07:30 am

‘My professional name is Dilip Kumar’: Encounters with one of India’s greatest actors

The thespian is two short of a unique century today.

Anwar Abbas

· Dec 11, 2020 · 08:45 am

Her own knight and her own saviour: Celebrating Sharmila Tagore’s quiet feminism

The multidimensional actor has bucked the film industry’s expectations from heroines and defied society’s unwritten rules.

Shweta Bansal

· Dec 08, 2020 · 10:30 am

Anjum Singh (1967-2020): The artist who laid bare the circuits of colonised land and materials

Aggressive cancer didn’t stop her from working hard and living generously.

Bharati Chaturvedi

· Nov 27, 2020 · 11:30 am

Tarun Gogoi (1936-2020): The chief minister who changed Assam slowly, slowly

Gogoi took charge of a state ravaged by militancy. He did not wait for peace to address other problems.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Nov 24, 2020 · 06:30 am

Flashback: In ‘As Time Goes By’, Geoffrey Palmer and Judi Dench make a droll and deadly pair

The 1990s sitcom of the 1990s is indeed a perfect nightcap, provided one is not offended by the insular and ultra-Brit content.

Bubla Basu

· Nov 19, 2020 · 10:30 am

Remembering Baxsan, one of the most popular Somali singers of all time

Revered even by her adversaries, Baxsan was not buried in a way that many Somalis would see fitting.

Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, The Conversation

· Nov 15, 2020 · 11:30 pm

‘Apu will be missed’: Tributes pour in for acting legend Soumitra Chatterjee

The Bengali actor died on November 15 from Covid-19 complications. He was 85.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 15, 2020 · 03:33 pm