Why 'azadi' is more than just a slogan for Kashmiris

The word that has been echoing in Kashmir Valley for decades is today ringing in JNU, albeit in a different context.

Fahad Shah

· Mar 05, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Imtiaz Ali’s short film ‘Window Seat’ serves up a slice of Kashmir

The filmmaker paints a picture of melancholy in five minutes.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 18, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Why Bajrang Dal activist Prashant Poojary's murder can't be compared to the Dadri beef lynching

When we seek to juxtapose two instances without even bothering to examine the political context, we are entering dangerous territory.

Rajdeep Sardesai

· Oct 22, 2015 · 11:15 am

Note to Chetan Bhagat et al: Yes, writing is a political act

In a society that respects its writers, the smallest courtesy is choosing to investigate their anguish.

Arul Mani

· Oct 14, 2015 · 01:00 pm

Should Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali bear the burden of Kasab's act of terror?

India's rising tide of intolerance has descended into goondaism of the worst kind

Rajdeep Sardesai

· Oct 08, 2015 · 11:50 am

Is writer Nayantara Sahgal being hypocritical by returning her Sahitya Akademi award?

After all, she accepted it merely two years after the anti-Sikh riots.

Rajdeep Sardesai

· Oct 07, 2015 · 08:47 am

Why Aurangzeb is a better fit for a road name than Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Delhi should learn from Mumbai – long names for roads and landmarks rarely make their way into public imagination.

Simin Patel

· Sep 08, 2015 · 04:30 pm

A word of advice for college admission seekers: Be more than the sum of your marks

Don’t be disheartened if you don’t get what you want in the college or course of your choice. Learn from the finest minds – YouTube, books, museums and movies.

Moyukh Chatterjee

· Jun 21, 2015 · 12:30 pm

Deepika Padukone's got it wrong: merely making choices does little to challenge male power

True women's empowerment will involve dismantling social, political and economic structures that allow men to dominate.

Richard Kamei

· Mar 30, 2015 · 01:39 pm

Modi government lost a political opportunity by leaving 66A to the Supreme Court

By leaving it to the judiciary to make a decision, the prime minister demonstrated that he had become a Lutyens insider.

Shivam Vij

· Mar 24, 2015 · 07:37 pm

Why Sadhvi Prachi needs a maths lesson

The VHP leader had earlier exhorted Hindu women to have four kids. She now says those having more than two should be stripped of their voting rights.

Aarefa Johari

· Mar 18, 2015 · 07:49 pm

Hold your horses: Kejriwal hugging his wife will not start a love revolution

It remains to be seen how the next Delhi chief minister will protect lovers, married or unmarried, gay or straight, against the moral police.

Anjali Mody

· Feb 12, 2015 · 07:15 am