A Writer Speaks
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‘In these shitty times, your loving cripple’: Writer Hanif Kureishi’s notes from a hospital bed
After a sudden dangerous fall in Rome, Kureishi has dictated tweets from his hospital bed with updates on his health, ruminations about life, and more.
Scroll Staff
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‘Clarity is not the protocol of literature’: Geetanjali Shree on the writer’s responsibilities
‘Why is literature not given its due? Why is a writer not seen as someone very important for the running of society?’
Geetanjali Shree
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‘I heard sounds come from the water’: Sharanya Manivannan on the images in her new picture book
The picture book is titled ‘Mermaids In The Moonlight’, and the coming graphic novel for adults, ‘Incantations Over Water’.
Sharanya Manivannan
Trending
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Has Rahul Gandhi really defamed all Modis in India? No, say legal experts
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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Swiss Open Super 300 semifinal blog: Satwik-Chirag win a thriller against Ong-Teo to reach final
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Why Franz Kafka may be ‘the last truly great writer’ of the post-modern era
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How a farmers’ march in 2018 entered Anita Agnihotri’s newly translated novel in real time
‘I am walking along with hundreds of other writers in the country.’
Anita Agnihotri
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How is a writer inspired to write by the scenes she sees and the conversations she overhears
Bilingual novelist and short story writer Anukrti Upadhyay talks about her creative catalysts.
Anukrti Upadhyay
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Robert Clive reimagined: How to use the techniques of novel-writing for historical figures
The author of a ‘Fortune’s Soldier’, a new novel about Robert Clive, the founder of the British empire in India, explains how to meld facts with fiction.
Alex Rutherford
Video
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Watch: Zebra escapes from South Korean zoo, gallops through traffic for hours before getting rescued
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Watch: BTS singer Jimin teaches Jimmy Fallon a dance move ‘that he could do anywhere’
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Eco India, Episode 217: Could we really reduce our dependence on fossil fuels?
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‘Why are you working so directly for the BJP?’: Rahul Gandhi to reporter at press conference
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Watch: Nita Ambani choreographs dance celebration for Mumbai Indians after entering WPL final
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Why novelist Sheena Kalayil does not like being boxed as a BAME writer
Broad labels like ‘black, asian and minority ethnic’ – or BAME – do no justice to each unique, individual writer, argues Kalyail.
Sheena Kalayil, The Conversation
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‘Chattu’ and I: How Chetan Bhagat and I both started our (polar opposite) literary journeys from IIT
Novelist Amitabha Bagchi’s debut work of fiction was also set in IIT Delhi, just like his college senior Chetan Bhagat. But the similarities ended there.
Amitabha Bagchi
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Is the modern world too close for comfort to write about? Two recent books show how it is being done
Tabish Khair’s ‘Night of Happiness’ and Anjum Hasan’s ‘A Day in the Life’ plunge headlong into the unmanageable contemporary.
Saikat Majumdar
The Reel
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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‘Kanjoos Makhichoos’ review: Cheap thrills
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‘My first short story, written at the age of 14, had an unhappy fate. But it rescued me.’
Writer Shazaf Fatima Haider recounts the scandalous beginning to her literary career.
Shazaf Fatima Haider
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When a writer reads another, it can sometimes be love (and envy) at first sight
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar on the moving experience of reading Easterine Kiré’s new novel.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
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‘I have to criticise religions that oppress women’: Taslima Nasrin at Jaipur Literature Festival
While the exiled Bangladeshi author questioned the presence of secularism in India, Muslim groups protested against her invitation to the event.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Swiss Open Super 300 semifinal blog: Satwik-Chirag win a thriller against Ong-Teo to reach final
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Watch: Meg Lanning on her love for coffee, playing in the WPL, her break from the game and more
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships finals, as it happened: Saweety, Nitu clinch gold medals for India
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Sudirman Cup Finals 2023 draw: India placed along with Malaysia, Chinese Taipei in Group C
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Badminton: Adita Rao, the shuttler and struggler, stays defiant in pursuit of her goals