New Books
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After over thirty years, John Grisham’s character Mitch McDeere returns in a sequel to ‘The Firm’
‘The Exchange’ sees the return of the protagonist and his wife 15 years after fleeing Memphis.
Scroll Staff
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‘The Lying Life of Adults’: What to expect from Elena Ferrante’s new novel coming this September
Her writing is subversively unforgiving.
Devanshi Khetarpal
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‘It was difficult to imagine that people can run a trade in organs’: Benyamin on his new novel
‘Body and Blood’, recently translated into English from Malayalam, explores the interstices between organ donation and a religious group.
Shevlin Sebastian
Trending
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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In Mathura, Muslims say they were denied their vote. No complaints in Hindu areas
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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Why is Deepa Anappara’s ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ the toast of international publishing?
A engagingly written and thoroughly researched grim novel about India’s missing children seen through a child’s lens.
Jane Wallace
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With just two novels, Sally Rooney is fast becoming the definitive chronicler of millennial love
Both ‘Conversations With Friends’ and, now, ‘Normal People’ have established the growing reputation of the 27-year-old writer.
Neha Bhatt
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Stephen King’s latest novel wrestles with the question of how to be in two places at one time
Is it science? Is it a miracle? Is it supernatural?
Lloyd Strickland, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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‘I Do What I Do’: Raghuram Rajan’s book on his time as RBI chief will be out on September 4
Besides Rajan’s commentary, it will also include speeches that convey what it was like to head the central bank during his time, publisher HarperCollins said.
Scroll Staff
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Why Venezuela is caught in a vicious cycle of tyranny and liberation
Simon Bolívar’s eventual affinity for dictatorial rule has haunted the South American country.
Kajsa Norman
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Mark Twain's bedtime fairytale to his daughters will be published this year
'The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine' will hit the stalls on September 26 to mark the 150th anniversary of the author’s first book.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Arundhati Roy announces her new novel, ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’
The publisher, Hamish Hamilton UK and Penguin India, said it was an honour to be associated with the book, which has been in the making for 20 years.
Scroll Staff
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A new JK Rowling series, 'Stories from Hogwarts' appears to be out for pre-order
The three books are available in ebook format on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but no official announcement has been made on them.
Scroll Staff
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child released in India after months of anticipation
The eighth instalment of the popular series takes the form of a script, with the play version being staged at London’s West End in two parts.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings
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Badminton, Thomas Cup 2024: India finish second in Group C following loss to Indonesia
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Fitness watch: Project launched in England to study causes of ACL injuries in women’s football
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IPL 2024: Bowlers, Marcus Stoinis help Lucknow Super Giants beat Mumbai Indians
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav, D Hemalatha propel visitors to win in rain-marred second T20I