Week after violence at Kolkata film institute, Hindutva group marches to campus, throws stones
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
Members of a Hindutva group, Bangiyo Hindu Jagaran Manch, on Sunday marched to the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata, broke police barricades put up in the aftermath of last...
Process of deleting citizens as voters ‘intrinsically arbitrary’, says SC judge amid SIR concerns
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
Amid concerns that the special intensive revision of electoral rolls could deny genuine electors their right to vote, Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Sunday said that any process that...
Why an anonymous X post about anti-caste readings got the PMO’s attention
Scroll.inby Johanna Deeksha·3d ago
Periyar EV Ramasamy, one of the leading figures of the Dravidian movement, argued that “To insist that chastity is only for women and should not be insisted upon for men, is a philosophy based on...
One-party election: BJP looks to sweep Nandigram with help from police and Trinamool turncoats
Scroll.inby Anant Gupta·3d ago
At a busy roundabout in Nandigram town, Milan Pradhan was shouting into a mic connected to a loudspeaker mounted on an e-rickshaw.
Can a messy person change or are some people just naturally tidier?
Scroll.inby Trevor Mazzucchelli, The Conversation·4d ago
Some people seem naturally tidy. Their keys are always in the same place, clothes make it into the wardrobe, and their kitchen bench remains mysteriously visible.
How a love of gossip could make you a better reader
Scroll.inby Tabitha Rowland, The Conversation·4d ago
In case you missed it, Rachel Cusk’s new novel Life of M has been the centre of heated online debate.
Sunday book pick: Simone de Beauvoir’s ‘A Very Easy Death’ is a moving memoir about her dying mother
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·4d ago
“Her heart was in excellent condition and her blood pressure was that of a young woman: I had never been afraid of a sudden mishap for her.” Simone de Beauvoir’s A Very Easy Death, a memoir about...
Keralam orders probe into 2006 corruption allegations against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
The Keralam government on Sunday ordered a preliminary investigation into corruption allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar dating back 20 years, when he was the secretary of...
Raj Thackeray demands end to EVM voting, scrapping of Maharashtra SIR
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday demanded that the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Maharashtra be cancelled and that elections be conducted using ballot...
‘Fusion cooking is an extension of imagination, memories, experiences’: Cookbook writer Rohini Rana
Scroll.inby Swati Rai·4d ago
Rohini Rana, affectionately known as Dolly, is a writer, culinary historian, and entrepreneur who is especially interested in preserving the rich culinary traditions of South Asia.
Mumbai: FIR against CJP leaders, over 400 others for protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5d ago
The Mumbai Police on Saturday registered a first information report against Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, convenors Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, and more than 400 unidentified...
Prashant Bhushan, AISA’s Neha Bora detained at Jantar Mantar on day 2 of protest against CEC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5d ago
Lawyer Prashant Bhushan, activist Yogendra Yadav and All India Students’ Association chief Neha Bora were among those detained at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday during a protest to demand the...
‘Love, fear, and a pursuit of fun’: What made Diksha Basu write a motherhood memoir
Scroll.inby Diksha Basu·5d ago
I am a fiction writer. I find fiction safe, escapist, protective – a barrier against the world. It’s true, of course, that all fiction comes from reality and mine is no exception but I can always...
Uttarakhand: ‘Mohammed’ Deepak gets bail day after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting trader
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5d ago
An Uttarakhand court on Friday granted bail to Dehradun gym owner Deepak Kumar, a day after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting a trader, reported PTI.
October Indian nonfiction: New conversations about the past and the future in these recent titles
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5d ago
All information sourced from publishers. The World Was Not Their Story: An Odyssey of an Indian Reporter, Saeed Naqvi With few correspondents overseas, independent India’s newspapers have depended...
How a British police officer turned his Indian postings into pulp fiction
Scroll.inby Anu Kumar·5d ago
As his 30-year career in the British Indian police drew to a close, Edmund Cox found himself confounded by a wave of burglaries rippling through the Bombay suburb of Bandora, now Bandra.
When does crowd control become ‘excessive’ police force?
Scroll.inby Aman Khanna·5d ago
Among the questions the Supreme Court has asked the high-powered enquiry committee to answer on the Cockroach Janata Party protest crackdown, one has received more attention than others: did the...
CJP announces Delhi protest on October 10 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·5d ago
The Cockroach Janta Party political campaign on Friday said it will launch a march to Delhi and hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on October 10 if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not...
How ‘new’ is the tilcayo, the first cat species to be discovered in a 100 years?
Scroll.inby Shanna Hanbury·6d ago
Scientists have described a species of tiger cat that was previously unknown to science. From Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests, it is the first discovery of a living novel cat species in more than...
Rush Hour: Delhi, Mumbai hold protests against Gyanesh Kumar, ‘Mohammad’ Deepak arrested and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·6d ago
Several protesters and political leaders, including Aam Aadmi Party’s Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi, were detained near Jantar Mantar in Delhi ahead of a proposed demonstration to demand the...
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