Ramachandra Guha: India needs fearless civil liberties activists more than ever
Scroll.inby Ramachandra Guha·18d ago
I work mostly by myself, and have resisted joining alumni associations and WhatsApp groups. I am, in other words, broadly of the same mind as Groucho Marx, who famously said that he would never...
‘The Yellow Metaphor’: Jiban Narah’s poetry signifies luminous precarity through the yellow colour
Scroll.inby Kamal Saikia·19d ago
Jiban Narah’s collection of Assamese lyrics, The Yellow Metaphor, has been translated into English by Anindita Kar.
‘And I Am the Arrow’: Pia Ghosh-Roy’s debut novel has a deeply generous heart despite minor flaws
Scroll.inby Saudha Kasim·19d ago
Sylvia Plath – or rather her ghost – appears quite early in the proceedings in And I Am the Arrow, Pia Ghosh-Roy’s debut novel about three generations of women living in a 1940s Art Deco mansion in...
After Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee’s Rejinagar candidate says he will withdraw from bye-poll
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·19d ago
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress faction’s nominee for the Assembly bye-elections in West Bengal’s Rejinagar said he will withdraw his candidature, NDTV reported on Saturday.
‘Robust streak of common sense’: How Sree Narayana Guru’s biographer Shashi Tharoor sees his subject
Scroll.inby Mohd Farhan·19d ago
The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism is Shashi Tharoor’s account of one of the most intriguing spiritual leaders and social reformers of modern India, Sree Narayana Guru.
Trump signs bill allowing 100% tariffs on India, other countries for buying Russian oil
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·19d ago
United States President Donald Trump on Friday gave his assent to a legislation that allows him to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries that purchase Russian oil and gas.
India’s hollow political parties can’t a make solid democracy
Scroll.inby Debasish Roy Chowdhury·20d ago
High drama erupted in the small hours of a suspense-filled January day in Kolkata. Masked officers of the Enforcement Directorate swept into the glossy offices of I-PAC (Indian Political Action...
EC says only 2.6% Bengal SIR appeals decided: Report
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·20d ago
The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court that only 1 lakh of the 38.2 lakh appeals filed in tribunals against inclusions and exclusions made during the special intensive revision of...
‘Enough is enough’: Delhi HC slams authorities for failing to stop violence in student union polls
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·20d ago
The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that it could stay the counting of votes and declaration of results in the Delhi University Students’ Union elections if it was not satisfied with the...
In France, Marine Le Pen’s demand for hijab ban is legally flawed and at odds with secularism
Scroll.inby Lauren Bakir, The Conversation·21d ago
The ban on Islamic headscarves in public spaces in France – particularly on the street – is a proposal put forward by the Rassemblement national party led by Marine Le Pen that resurfaces with...
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea by son of Muslim woman forced into Bangladesh
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the Union government’s response to a plea filed by the son of a woman who was forced into Bangladesh without any verification.
Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital of the world’ is being destroyed
Scroll.inby Mongabay·21d ago
Deep within Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important peat swamp forests left on Earth is being cleared, drained, and burned.
Rush Hour: India assures energy security amid tariff threat, police questioned on protest ban & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
After the United States House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries that purchase Russian oil and gas, New Delhi said it remains...
SC tells Tamil Nadu to ‘change mindset on Hindi’ in case about setting up Centre-run schools
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday told the Tamil Nadu government to change its “mindset” on teaching Hindi in the state’s schools while hearing a case about setting up Union government-run Navodaya...
Fiction: When filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and poet Binoy Majumdar were admitted to the same asylum
Scroll.inby Maitreyee Chowdhury·21d ago
As is the case with all good books, I was left in a vacuum of sorts, after reading Binoy so intimately.
Delhi HC asks police how it could impose ‘blanket ban’ on anti-reservation protest at Jantar Mantar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the police how it could impose a “blanket ban” on protests at Jantar Mantar against caste-based reservations in jobs and education and the University Grants...
India says Pakistan-China boundary panel ‘without any legal basis’
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
India on Wednesday rejected the “so-called” Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, saying that it was constituted “without any legal basis”.
Graham Staines murder: SC gives convict two weeks to challenge Odisha denying him early release
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted two weeks to Bajrang Dal member Dara Singh to challenge the Odisha government’s decision rejecting the petition for his early release, ANI reported.
Delhi: Satya Niketan building collapsed due to ‘callous, criminal conduct’, says HC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21d ago
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that “callous and criminal conduct” had led to the collapse of the five-storey building in the Satya Niketan area, in which seven persons were killed...
A new book looks at how music streaming apps made background music a commercially viable genre
Scroll.inby Glenn McDonald·21d ago
The idea of music as a background atmosphere is not new. We had Muzak in elevators. We had Music for Airports.
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