Review: ‘Padatik’ is a half-done portrait of the iconic director Mrinal Sen
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·28 Aug 2026
Bengali director Srijit Mukherji’s Padatik is named after one of the most well-regarded movies by his subject, the director Mrinal Sen.
China just jailed a corrupt billionaire for life. Could that ever be possible in India?
Scroll.inby Shoaib Daniyal·28 Aug 2026
Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal. A newsletter on Indian politics. As always, if you’ve been sent this newsletter and like it, to get it in your inbox every week, sign up here (click on...
Updates: Nepal flash flood toll rises to 469, MEA says 290 Indians still missing
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·28 Aug 2026
The toll in the flash flood and mudslide in Nepal increased to 469 on Thursday as search and rescue operations continued, the police said.
In her new book, Kavita Krishnan shows the American alt-right co-opting the idea of ‘Kaliyug’
Scroll.inby Kavita Krishnan·28 Aug 2026
In the global alt-right ecosystem, Kaliyuga – the spectre of the Hindu caste order turned upside down – has emerged as the central image representing the democratic world order.
‘Babita Singh Reporting’ review: A character study posing as a police procedural
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·28 Aug 2026
Everyone calls Babita Singh “Baby”. She doesn’t like to be infantilised, but she doesn’t know how to say no.
India’s first railway is disappearing bit by bit. Can we save what’s left?
Scroll.inby Rajendra B Aklekar·28 Aug 2026
The Great Indian Peninsula Railway – the GIPR – is the railway that operated India’s first commercial passenger line between Bombay and Thane in 1853.
India’s indigenous fruits are disappearing from diets and the landscape
Scroll.inby Azera Parveen Rahman·27 Aug 2026
During my summer break in my hometown in northeast India’s Assam this year, I found myself craving a favourite summertime fruit from my childhood: Leteku, or Burmese grape.
NLSIU cancels convocation for 2026 batch amid row over invitation to CJI, Bar Council head
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27 Aug 2026
The National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, has cancelled the convocation for the graduating batch of 2026, citing “unavoidable circumstances”, Bar and Bench reported on Thursday.
Rush Hour: 359 dead in Nepal flood, Maharashtra drivers given one year to learn Marathi and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27 Aug 2026
The toll in the flash flood and mudslide in Nepal increased to 359. Search and rescue operations continued as more than 1,380 persons were missing.
This book honours Jane Austen’s legacy through essays exploring Indian responses to her fiction
Scroll.inby Meenakshi Shivram·27 Aug 2026
Jane Austen’s stories belong to all. But do we therefore need yet another book on Austen? Over the last 200 years, haven’t readers and critics said all that could possibly have been said about a...
Revoke RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s US visa, panel on religious freedom urges Trump government
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27 Aug 2026
A United States panel on religious freedom on Wednesday urged the Donald Trump administration to revoke the visa issued to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat and “make him ineligible”...
Thriller: Kareem has outwitted death many times but he is not prepared for his dead wife’s return
Scroll.inby Kashif Mashaikh·26 Aug 2026
Discovering these artefacts, these relics of love, seemed to be an incomprehensible problem at first. I was sure that the fog would settle down, and Baba would guide me on a path to discovery.
Rush Hour: Many dead, hundreds missing in Nepal flood, US pauses immigrant visa applications & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26 Aug 2026
At least 95 persons died in a flash flood and mudslide in Nepal, the police said. Several more are feared dead, with a search and rescue operation underway.
Nepal: Seven dead in flash flood, over 100 Indians missing
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26 Aug 2026
At least seven persons died in a flash flood and mudslide in Nepal on Wednesday, The Kathmandu Post reported. Several more are feared dead.
Kriti Sanon’s Raksha Bandhan ad withdrawn by brand amid row over outfit
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26 Aug 2026
An Indian jewellery brand withdrew an advertisement about Raksha Bandhan featuring actor Kriti Sanon after it received backlash for the outfit she had worn in it.
Zohran Mamdani says he opposes RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s event in New York
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26 Aug 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday said he does not support an upcoming event in which Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to speak.
US: Trump administration pauses all immigrant visa applications
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26 Aug 2026
The Donald Trump administration in the United States has paused immigrant visa appointments across the world, stating that consular officials had to be trained to screen out applicants who may need...
‘Manufactured hysteria’: Former NDTV journalist Maya Sharma on why TV news has become ‘unwatchable’
Scroll.inby Maya Sharma·26 Aug 2026
Over the years, I was frequently introduced to people this way: “This is Maya Sharma. You must have seen her on NDTV!” The person I was being introduced to in this rather embarrassing fashion was...
Rush Hour: Congress wants current caste census questionnaire dropped, UN panel rebukes India & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25 Aug 2026
Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to scrap the current caste census questionnaire and prepare a new one based on a verified...
Fiction: Three women from Kolkata are on a journey across the worlds of the living and the dead
Scroll.inby Pia Ghosh-Roy·25 Aug 2026
Men are bastards, Mishu-moni, was a pronouncement for which my grandmother switched to English. She’d pause for effect, take a measured sip of her whisky and tell me stories of bastardous men.
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