Fighting Fundamentalism
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Video: ‘While there is culture of fear, there is culture of courage and both are contagious’
Watch a powerful speech by actor and director Nandita Das on who inspires her in the fight against the culture of fear.
Scroll Staff
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Is Bangladesh burying its secular voices?
Under Sheikh Hasina's watch, atheism has become a derogatory word worthy of brutal punishment.
Ikhtisad Ahmed
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Suicide bombing in Lahore is the latest attempt to shut public spaces and silence minority voices
Minorities are increasingly facing exclusion from Pakistan's public realm; and it's not only terrorists who are responsible.
Rosita Armytage, The Conversation
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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The big news: Odisha Health Minister Naba Das dies of bullet injury, and nine other top stories
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Pro-Qadri protests: Pakistan cannot be a progressive state until it loses its villainous heroes
A nation that lionises Ahmad Shah Abdali and Mahmud Ghaznvi would have to be tolerant of the Taliban and assassins like Mumtaz Qadri.
Haroon Khalid
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Why do more Indians seem to be joining global jihadi outfits?
The authorities lack a clear narrative to counter the increasing appeal of outfits like the Islamic State.
Saikat Datta
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Why Muslims in 40 UP villages scrapped traditional Muharram processions this year
Minority groups say they decided to abandon the tazia ritual to avoid the obvious provocation presented by a close associate of the RSS and VHP.
Dhirendra K Jha
Video
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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The RSS is leading a systematic campaign to create a Hindu rashtra, ex-navy chief tells Modi
Full text of a letter to the prime minister and President Pranab Mukherjee from Admiral (retired) L Ramdas.
L Ramdas
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Bangladesh blogger's murder: Fighting for free expression in an age of death squads
How can free thought, science, and humanism in Bangladesh best be defended? What should you do when you know that the state cannot protect you?
Mahmud Rahman
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Terror attacks on France and Tunisia are not just a security issue
As basic freedoms are assaulted, governments should fight extremists by strengthening rights, not diluting them.
Rosa Freedman, The Conversation
The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Pictures: Pakistani students create poignant artwork about Peshawar school attack
Karachi students hope to shake people out of their indifference to violence with their posters.
Scroll Staff
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1984, 1989, 2002: Three narratives of injustice, and the lessons for democracy
Why do we keep putting power in the hands of politicians who encourage divisive propaganda, asked the prominent journalist in the XXVII Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture he delivered on February 24.
Siddharth Varadarajan
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Comedy video: Happy victims of Hindu Mahasabha's forced Valentine's Day marriages share their stories
Meanwhile, playful Delhi youth hope to rattle the Hindutva outfit by actually taking up its offer.
Mayank Jain
The Field
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India vs NZ: Pandya and Co level series in low-scoring thriller with a 6-wicket win in Lucknow
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FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup: Germany reclaim title after another epic comeback in final vs Belgium
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ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup: India defeat England to become first-ever champions
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Bismah Maroof column: Series in Australia provided a great chance for Pakistan to prepare for WC
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ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Reactions as India become champions – ‘Huge shot in the arm’