Memoirs
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Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’: Complicated grief and the impact of losing a mother so young
The book is being marketed as a story about the ‘eternal power of love over grief’.
Sarah Wayland, The Conversation
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Deepti Naval on her memoir: ‘It’s like watching a movie, where you’re with me’
The acclaimed actor returns to her first love, writing, with ‘A Country Called Childhood’.
Nandini Ramnath
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What Priyanka Chopra’s memoir says about her move to Hollywood, trolling and coping with grief
‘Unfinished’ includes the movie’s star’s perspective on the Mother Teresa blooper and the controversial photograph with Narendra Modi.
Scroll Staff
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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View from Nepal: India’s reaction to new currency note betrays patronising outlook to its neighbour
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Contradictory documentary demands of CAA violate right to legal identity
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In Sambhal, Muslims allege UP police stormed booths, snatched IDs and beat up voters on polling day
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Her father’s memories were slipping away. She made him tell stories so that he could hold on to them
‘Would these forgotten stories in turn help him reconstruct a sense of self?’
Ranu Bhattacharyya
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When Amrita Pritam wove her autobiography around love, she also demonstrated the many ways to love
In her centenary year, Amrita Pritam’s personal story, written in narrative fragments, take us back to the tumultuous role of love in her life.
Gayathri Prabhu
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The question raised by Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘An Ordinary Life’: Is memory to be trusted?
A subjective account will necessarily ruffle feathers, as publishing history proves.
Archana Nathan
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Memoirs by Karan Johar, Rishi Kapoor prove that celebrities want to take charge of their own stories
Exit professional biographer, enter the scribe? Fortunately for the reader, both books are hugely readable.
Nandini Ramnath
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Bryan Cranston’s memoir maps the long and hard road to ‘Breaking Bad’
‘A Life in Parts’ is a candid and unsanitised chronicle of the celebrated actor’s struggle to overcome his tough childhood.
Ankita Chawla
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What a young woman wrote in a handbook for her lover
When polygamy is reluctant, despite a partner who doesn’t demand monogamy.
Rosalyn D’Mello
The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema