Coloured Opinion
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The science behind disagreements. Or why we cling to our beliefs
It doesn’t matter whether one’s opponent appears calm and confident or unsure and unsteady. Initial disagreement can create immediate bias.
Andreas Kappes, The Conversation & Tali Sharot, The Conversation
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Why we will not bring you a Best Books of the Year list in 2016 (and, possibly, ever again)
Comparisons are bad enough. To limit them to the year of publication of a book is capricious.
Arunava Sinha
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What is a writer to do with freedom? (Or, lessons from Albert Camus)
Many writers are unhappy, angry and disillusioned with the way the world is turning out. But this is an opportunity.
Rheea Mukherjee
Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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LG Vinai Kumar Saxena approves sacking of 223 Delhi Commission for Women employees
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Modi rocked Wembley. Would India allow the Bangladeshi leader to do a similar show in Delhi?
Lessons from the prime minister's recent foreign trips, particularly to the US and the UK.
Garga Chatterjee
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Somehow Americans are still debating whether to take down a flag used by slavery supporters
A century and a half after the American Civil War, states continue to use this symbol of racism.
Scroll Staff
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Ram Jethmalani's lonely black money quest prompts him to accuse Modi of "intentional fraud"
Jethmalani said he trusts Kejriwal more than the Modi government on this.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Video
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony