A writer speaks
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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
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'It isn’t autobiography, but it's a daughter’s book in every way': Madeleine Thien
The author talks about her extraordinary novel ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’.
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
Trending
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As Modi undermines Nehru, India is becoming Pakistan’s mirror image
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President Ram Nath Kovind signs ordinance to allow death penalty for those who rape girls below 12
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Why saffron terror is not a myth
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The big news: President signs ordinance on death penalty for child rapists, and 9 other top stories
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The Weekend Fix: The gloves are off between South and North India and nine other weekend reads
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It’s 25 years since ‘A Strange and Sublime Address’ opened the gate to Indian writers in English
Amit Chaudhuri, the author, looks back on his first novel in a conversation with novelist Saikat Majumdar.
Saikat Majumdar
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Growing out of the cocoon: Perumal Murugan is back to life as a writer
What the Tamil author told his readers after announcing his return to writing.
Perumal Murugan
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Why do people seem so weary with literature? How do we rebuild the alphabet for writing?
A novelist muses on the market, reading, and the need for writers to do it differently.
Anjum Hasan
Video
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Watch: The International Space Station will soon get an interactive robot companion called ‘Cimon’
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Watch: Comedian Hasan Minhaj cattily breaks down the process by which Donald Trump can be impeached
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Watch: This new device will let you walk on a treadmill while exploring a virtual reality world
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Earth Day: What if the planet decided to take revenge and started treating us the way we treat it?
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Unlike Donald Trump, this boy knows what fake news is. Watch him explain it to the US President
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'Now it’s the turn of memory to mock me': Mahasweta Devi on life, love, and liberation
Arguably India’s most fiery woman writer, who was as much an activist as she was an artist, gave this speech at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
Mahasweta Devi
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Boy meets girl, man rapes woman, and what it has to do with a writer’s imagination
The author explains how a real life incident formed the basis of her fiction. Plus: an excerpt from the novel.
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
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Why this young writer switched from campus romances to the Jarawas of Andamans
What does it take to shift a writer's attention from a successful commercial genre to fiction featuring an endangered tribe?
Sachin Garg
The Reel
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In TV show ‘Roseanne’ and its reboot, a comedy that actually cares about working class America
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Verne Troyer, who played Mini Me in Austin Powers movies, dies at 49
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Salman Khan’s ‘Bharat’ is a remake of a Korean hit with pop history and endless weeping
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‘Hate is a form of love:’ Richa Chadha on playing Paro in Sudhir Mishra’s ‘Daas Dev’
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‘It’ actor Sophia Lillis to headline ‘Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase’ adaptation
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Why does Indian writing in English still have to defend itself against charges of siding with oppressors?
“There is a space for Indian writers who, working in English, are attempting to reach a specificity of experience.”
Amitabha Bagchi
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Why don’t we have more novels about art?
Writer Anjum Hasan offers the literary provenance of her latest novel, ‘The Cosmopolitans’.
Anjum Hasan
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Crossword Prize and most rejections: Anees Salim on his novel ‘The Blind Lady’s Descendants’
‘My nephew had taken his life a while ago, but he had not left a suicide note, much unlike his namesake in the book.’
Anees Salim
The Field
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Arsene Wenger says image of divided fan-base the reason behind his decision to step down
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Junior Federation Cup: Ashish Jhakar shatters national under-20 record in hammer throw
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Squash: Joshna Chinappa defeats 8-time World Champ Nicol David for the first time in her career
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IPL 11: Rayudu’s 37-ball 79 sets up Super Kings’ last-ball victory against Sunrisers
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King of clay: Record-breaking Nadal beats Nishikori to win 11th Monte Carlo title