‘Covid should have brought the working class and upper class together. It did not’: Jyoti Yadav
Scroll.inby Amritesh Mukherjee·30 Aug 2026
A Covid book in 2026? Why now, one might ask, when that catastrophic chapter has been so thoroughly buried, so deliberately archived into a past we’ve collectively agreed not to revisit?
‘Homes without Windows’: India’s caste history becomes a personal story in Chandu Maheria’s memoir
Scroll.inby Sudipta Datta·30 Aug 2026
The reading of Chandu Maheria’s moving memoir, Homes Without Windows, translated into English by Hemang Ashwinkumar, must begin with the cover.
Gulzar made his name in Mumbai, but Punjab never left him
Scroll.inby Nirupama Kotru·30 Aug 2026
Gulzar, named Sampooran Singh Kalra at birth, moved to Mumbai via Delhi at the age of 16 from Dina, a town in Jhelum district that is now in Pakistan.
Cottage cheese: Do the protein claims add up?
Scroll.inby Dominic Farsi, The Conversation·29 Aug 2026
Cottage cheese is having a moment. It’s being added to dips, mixed into batters and even used in pizza and brownies. It’s touted as a high-protein food that can help build muscle and lose fat.
Red Fort blast case: Delhi court takes cognisance of NIA’s chargesheet
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·29 Aug 2026
A special court has taken cognisance of the National Investigation Agency’s chargesheet in connection with the November 10 blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, ANI reported on Saturday.
Penguin India gave in to pressure from Centre on Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, alleges Congress
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·29 Aug 2026
Congress leaders on Friday alleged that Penguin Random House India succumbed to pressure from the Union government with respect to former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey...
Maharashtra: 3,400 SIR forms found at Navi Mumbai photocopy centre, five BLOs suspended
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·29 Aug 2026
A controversy broke out in Navi Mumbai’s Kharghar area after 3,400 special intensive revision forms were found at a private photocopy shop, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
Dimagi Naxals? The sages of the Vedas and the Upanishads would qualify today
Scroll.inby Tuhin Bhattacharjee·29 Aug 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s newly minted phrase dimagi Naxal – “intellectual Naxal” – is meant to designate an ideological enemy: people whose ideas supposedly endanger the nation by questioning...
SIR exercise: Citizenship test must be a balancing act
Scroll.inby Amit Upadhyay, OP Jindal Global University·28 Aug 2026
A passport is the most recognisable document the Indian state issues to its citizens. It carries the national emblem, is issued by a sovereign government, and allows its holder to cross...
Rush Hour: 552 dead in Nepal flood, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee booked for scuffle with police and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·28 Aug 2026
The toll in the flash flood and mudslide in Nepal and China increased to 552. Five deaths were reported on the Chinese side of the border and 547 on the Nepali side.
Lok Sabha strength should remain 543 for 25 years, Mallikarjun Kharge tells PM Modi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·28 Aug 2026
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanded that the existing strength of the Lok Sabha remain at 543 seats for the next 25 years and sought...
Congress seeks MP Cabinet’s dismissal for ‘shielding’ minister who made remarks on Colonel Qureshi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·28 Aug 2026
The Congress on Wednesday urged President Droupadi Murmu to dismiss the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet, alleging that the state government had blocked the judicial proceedings against minister Vijay Shah...
Penguin India denies dropping Sonia Gandhi memoir over ‘editorial changes’
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·28 Aug 2026
Penguin Random House India on Friday denied a report that it decided not to publish Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging: A Journey of Love in India after she rejected certain “editorial...
Dried fig, bitter gourd, red onion: A new book brings chutney recipes with unique ingredients
Scroll.inby Sudha G Tilak·28 Aug 2026
Chutney has travelled beyond the subcontinent in memory and migration. As trade routes, indenture and empire carried people and ingredients across oceans, chutneys travelled with them.
In Gujarat, invasive tree helps tech giants buy carbon credits
Scroll.inby Yash Sadhak Shrivastava·27 Aug 2026
Decades ago, in the Banni grasslands of Kachchh, an invasive tree was planted to solve one environmental crisis.
‘I’m thinking of the man behind the icon’: These poems counter cultural and historical exclusions
Scroll.inby Chanchal Kumar Sharma·27 Aug 2026
Babasaheb is Waiting for His Visa I’m thinking of the man behind the icon Of the fight before the victory Of the child before the legend I’m trying to understand a seeker’s life in retrospect A man...
NCLT clears media baron Subhash Chandra’s Rs 6.5 crore repayment to settle Rs 22,006 crore dues
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27 Aug 2026
The National Company Law Tribunal has approved a repayment plan under which media baron Subhash Chandra will pay Rs 6.2 crore to creditors against admitted claims of about Rs 22,006 crore in his...
Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam trying to ‘mislead court’ through bail pleas, claim Delhi Police
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27 Aug 2026
The Delhi Police has told the High Court that the bail petitions filed by activist Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case were “illegal” and an “attempt to mislead the...
The day after catastrophic flash flood, Nepal contemplates enormous cost of climate change
Scroll.inby Kunda Dixit·27 Aug 2026
Mt Langtang Lirung, the majestic mountain that towers 7,245m and is located 45 km directly north of Kathmandu, has a tragic history.
Sonya Gill, women’s rights activist and PARI co-founder, dies at 70
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27 Aug 2026
Sonya Gill, women’s rights activist and co-founder of the digital news outlet People’s Archive of Rural India, died after a prolonged illness on Tuesday. She was 70.
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