‘There have been nightmares. Those seem to be diminishing’: Salman Rushdie after his recovery

Rushdie gave his first interview after the August 2022 attempt on his life to ‘The New Yorker’, coinciding with the launch of his new novel, ‘Victory City’.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2023 · 01:28 pm

The newspaper that Behram Contractor aka Busybee started has closed down. His writings remain alive

‘The Afternoon Despatch and Courier,’ the Mumbai afternoon newspaper launched by Contractor in 1985, announced its closure on July 20, 2019.

Farzana Contractor

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Busybee

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Dom Moraes

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Vinod Mehta

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Salil Tripathi

· Jul 21, 2019 · 08:30 am

How reading Ursula K Le Guin changed my expectations from science-fiction (and dragons)

She didn’t join the dots for young readers. And she wrote about gender, sexuality and violence in ways we’re encountering now in real life.

Arnab Chakraborty

· Jan 28, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Will we get to read the unpublished work of JD Salinger, or will it be ‘Catcher In The Rye’ forever?

Holden Caulfield’s creator JD Salinger died on this day, January 27, eight years ago. January 1, 2019 will mark his centenary.

M Saad

· Jan 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Ursula K Le Guin’s searing speech from 34 years ago shows the feminist in the iconic sci-fi writer

The legendary science fiction writer has died at the age of 88. In this 1983 commencement address, she spoke about equality, feminism and failure.

Ursula K LeGuin

· Jan 24, 2018 · 05:30 pm

The Jnanpith award celebrates Hindi writer Krishna Sobti’s exuberance as well as resistance

Even at 92, Sobti has published two new books, and three more are in the works.

Ashutosh Bhardwaj

· Nov 05, 2017 · 08:30 am

Rohinton Mistry turns 65: How has he struck a fine balance in his long journey as a writer?

Just three novels and one collection of short stories, and yet the reclusive Indian-Canadian writer’s fame is assured.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jul 03, 2017 · 08:30 am

Ninety-five and going strong: the cult of Charles Bukowski

Although he died in 1993, the poet and writer is almost the perfect fit for the Internet and social reading.

Aditya Mani Jha

· Aug 22, 2015 · 02:30 pm