In his new book, Sundar Sarukkai argues that sound is a starting point for Indian metaphysics
Scroll.inby Sundar Sarukkai·21d ago
Indian philosophical schools expend enormous effort to understand the nature of language. It is not an exaggeration to say that sound is the starting point of Indian metaphysics, the foundation...
Review: ‘Daayra’ loses the thread of its argument about extra-judicial killings
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·21d ago
In Meghna Gulzar’s new movie, an unconscionable act meets an indefensible form of punishment. Daayra (Boundary) is based on the outcome of the gang-rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad in...
Mumbai better than London, Gorakhpur better than Spain: How nationalism is deployed to hide reality
Scroll.inby Bikram Vohra·21d ago
Ashwini Bhide, Mumbai’s municipal commissioner looked at the city’s green spaces and declared the city was doing better than New York or London.
In Bangladesh, a new debate rages over Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Scroll.inby Faisal Mahmud·21d ago
Muhammad Ali Jinnah died in 1948. Bangladesh was born 23 years later, after a war fought against the country he founded.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra says eggs thrown at her again by alleged BJP workers in Krishnanagar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party workers threw eggs at her again during a meeting she was attending in West Bengal’s Krishnanagar.
Crossword Book Awards 2026: Longlists of ten books in five categories announced
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
The ten-book longlists in the five jury categories – Fiction, Nonfiction, Translation, Children’s, and Business and Management – for the 2026 Crossword Book Awards have been announced.
Fiction: Bhausaheb Kinikar is rejected by his own community of Mahars for becoming ‘brahminised’
Scroll.inby Sharankumar Limbale·22d ago
Bhausaheb Kinikar sat on the sofa staring intently at the lighted candles on a birthday cake with icing, placed on the teapoy nearby.
Manipur: Two Kuki women killed in suspected militant attack
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
Two Kuki-Zo women were killed on Tuesday in a suspected militant attack in Manipur’s Tamenglong district, a police official told Scroll.
Supporting acts on Ed Sheeran US tour quit after rapper removed for pro-Palestine remarks
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·22d ago
The removal of rapper Macklemore from pop singer Ed Sheeran’s United States tour after he made pro-Palestine comments has sparked a furore, with the British singer’s supporting acts and backing...
Why parents prefer private schools over government schools – despite similar learning outcomes
Scroll.inby Johanna Deeksha·23d ago
Balakrishnan V, a 44-year-old auto driver, has lived in the same locality all his life, an area predominantly occupied by low-income households, in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district.
Fiction: A college lecturer is caught in the machinery of state repression during the Emergency
Scroll.inby Ampassayya Naveen·23d ago
June 20, 1976 It is night, around 2 am I just can’t sleep. I could hear the sound of a drizzle outside, but it was sultry inside the house. I tossed about in bed.
SC junks ex-Delhi mayor plea for FIR against UP Police raid on his home in search of journalist
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by former Delhi Mayor Farhad Suri seeking that a first information report be registered against Uttar Pradesh Police officers who raided his...
HC grants bail to UAPA accused after eight years in jail
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to a man who had spent eight years in jail after being arrested under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in 2018, reported Bar and Bench.
Arunachal environmental activist booked by CBI for allegedly receiving unlawful foreign funds
Scroll.inby Arvind Gunasekar·23d ago
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against Arunachal Pradesh-based lawyer and environmental activist Bhanu Tatak for allegedly receiving funds from abroad in violation of the...
Bengal withdraws approval for Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide mid-day meals in 4 districts
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
The West Bengal government has withdrawn its approval for the ISKCON-linked Akshaya Patra Foundation to supply mid-day meals to schools in four districts, reported The Indian Express on Tuesday.
JD(U) says it supports UCC, but won’t allow it to be implemented in Bihar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·23d ago
The Janata Dal (United) on Monday said that it supported the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code at the national level, but would not allow it to be implemented in Bihar, ANI quoted party leader...
In India, the battle to love and the fundamental right to making a family
Scroll.inby Sameena Dalwai·23d ago
I attended a beautiful church wedding in Mumbai’s Bandra neighbourhood with music and dance, a white wedding gown and a three-tiered cake.
AI has made it harder to find reliable information
Scroll.inby Dana McKay, The Conversation·24d ago
For 30 years, the world wide web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content you give credit by linking to the...
Fiction: Madhusudan’s life changes when he encounters Amir, a mysterious revolutionary, in Germany
Scroll.inby Devki Pande·24d ago
A week into the journey and the experience of sailing away had eroded Madhusudan’s anguish about the shoes. There was far too much happening for him to dwell on it.
CBI names Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray in Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager death case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24d ago
The Central Bureau of Investigation has named former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son, MLA Aaditya Thackeray, in the first information report filed in the death of Disha...
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