How a people’s library sprang up during the pandemic in the town of Roing in Arunachal Pradesh

Call it the brainchild or the dream of one woman, Ushimi Linggi.

Narayani Basu

· 9 hours ago

How this storytelling festival for schoolchildren switched gears to cope with the pandemic

The stories of Ghummakad Narain and Kathakar, the travelling lifests.

Shaguna Gahilote

· Jan 21, 2021 · 08:30 am

A writer’s pain: My grandmother helped me through grief. The pandemic may not let me see her again

‘In a way, it was my grandmother who taught me how to see the world through a writer’s eyes.’

Naheed Patel

· Jan 17, 2021 · 08:30 am

How this bookshop in Srinagar used discounts and delivery innovations to survive Covid-19

Despite being faced with two consecutive lockdowns, Sani Yasnain Chiloo’s Bestseller bookstore in Kashmir continues to serve its customers.

Majid Maqbool

· Jan 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm

More reading, and even more listening: How the pandemic has affected literature in Bhutan

Two lockdowns in the mountain kingdom have not blocked the effort to get more people to read.

Siok Sian Pek-Dorji

· Jan 14, 2021 · 08:30 am

For this bookseller of Kabul, the pandemic was a blip in a country afflicted by long-term war

Shah Muhammed Rais of Shah M Book Company fame was inadvertently prepared for the pandemic.

Selina Sheth

· Jan 12, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How this gallery’s art publishing became the medium through which it operated during the pandemic

As the physical space for art exhibitions had to be closed down, publishing became the means to reach viewers.

Parul Vadehra

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Dipti Anand

· Jan 10, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Reading Harry Potter (and the Deathly Hallows) in a new light during the coronavirus pandemic

‘For a lot of people looking back on this story, it screams 2020 – it has everything but the surgical masks.’

J Andrew Deman, The Conversation

· Jan 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Insider predictions: What does the future of publishing look like after the pandemic?

A Scroll.in roundtable of professionals from India’s English language publishing industry.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 04, 2021 · 08:30 am

Even an imaginative novelist could not predict what a panic attack in quarantine would be like

Writer Anukrti Upadhyay was locked down in a highrise hotel in Singapore to serve a mandatory quarantine after arriving there.

Anukrti Upadhyay

· Jan 02, 2021 · 08:30 am

This second-hand bookseller revived his business during the pandemic by selling ‘rare books’ online

Shashikant Sawant’s remarkable story of bookselling success in Mumbai, pandemic or no pandemic.

Shashikant Sawant

· Dec 29, 2020 · 08:30 am

Literary awards: How the pandemic is changing the nature of prizes and prizewinning books

The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will be back in 2021, says its founder, to celebrate its 10th edition.

Surina Narula

· Dec 27, 2020 · 12:30 pm