‘Angh’: How a film from Nagaland hopes to crack the Oscars – without being India’s official pick
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·6h ago
India will be represented at the 2027 Oscars by Gondhal, a Marathi-language psychological thriller by first-time director Santosh Davakhar.
As Harvard launches course with AI professors, what is the future of teaching in India?
Scroll.inby Angshuman Kar·7h ago
An eight-week online entrepreneurship bootcamp launched by Harvard Business School lets participants pitch a start-up idea to an artificial-intelligence avatar modelled on a real professor.
CEC protests: In Maharashtra and Goa, demonstrators detained, barred from assembling
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17h ago
Protesters in parts of Maharashtra and Goa faced police restrictions and detentions on Sunday while seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities...
‘Before I Forget’: A touching and surprisingly funny memoir on caring for ageing abusive parents
Scroll.inby Helen Vassallo, The Conversation·17h ago
How do you mourn an abusive alcoholic parent? French writer Anne Pauly’s Before I Forget, translated by Dina Leifer, addresses this question in a deeply personal account of grief.
Maharashtra’s recognition of women farmers will break gender barriers
Scroll.inby Soumya Swaminathan·18h ago
On October 2, Maharashtra is set to begin issuing the Women Farmers Certificates under the newly enacted Women Farmer’s Empowerment Act 2026.
CEC protests: Four men seen assaulting demonstrators in viral video arrested
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·21h ago
Four men seen assaulting persons protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi on Saturday have been arrested, The Hindu quoted an unidentified police officer as saying.
SC interim order bars ‘illegal’ detentions, directs normal metro, rail services amid CEC protests
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1d ago
The Supreme Court on Sunday passed an interim order directing that people peacefully assembling to protest must not be illegally detained “except save by law”, The Hindu reported.
CEC protest updates: CJP leaders released on ‘no-breach of peace’ condition, fresh protests planned
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1d ago
A Delhi court on Sunday ordered the release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka on the condition that they do not breach the peace for one year, the...
‘A focus on literature that is part of everyday life’: Onaiza Drabu on editing a Kashmiri anthology
Scroll.inby Ayaan Saroori·1d ago
“I wanted to make the case for the fact that literature is everywhere; it is omnipresent.” That is what Onaiza Drabu aimed to do with The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature, the anthology she has...
How TV channels covered the protests as ‘anarchy’ and ignored the detentions of journalists
Scroll.inby Anant Gupta·1d ago
Around 4.30 pm on Saturday, Republic TV, the news channel helmed by Arnab Goswami, flashed this headline on television screens across the country: “CJP Flop Show”.
The Ghanian scholar who changed how the world hears African music
Scroll.inby Geoff Mapaya, The Conversation·1d ago
Kofi Agawu is regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on African music. The Ghanaian scholar, teacher and researcher has changed how the world hears and studies it.
‘Allah Miyan’s Workshop’: Explorations of faith and prejudice in a boy’s coming-of-age story
Scroll.inby Pranvi Khare·1d ago
Sometimes, I like to pick up a book without reading anything about it first. Sometimes, it is just the blurb, or perhaps only the title. Nothing else.
CEC protest: Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal among Opposition leaders detained
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·1d ago
Former Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Pinarayi Vijayan were detained on Saturday during a protest to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
‘Everybody claims to be a journalist these days’: Delhi Police detain Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari
Scroll.inby Ayush Tiwari·1d ago
It was about 11.10 am. I was outside Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan, behind Rouse Avenue Court in Central Delhi.
‘This is worse than Emergency’: Opposition on protesters, journalists being detained during protest
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
Opposition leaders on Saturday condemned the detention of hundreds of protesters, journalists and activists in Delhi during demonstrations demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s...
‘Grief Burns Like Fever’: This novel is a flashback of depravity during the surreal pandemic years
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·2d ago
It is hard to find anything we’d all collectively agree or disagree with, but if there’s one thing that unites Indians is our vehement determination to repress and suppress all and every memory of...
‘Dear Prime Minister Ambani’: Elon Musk doubles down on Starlink India launch claim
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
Trillionaire Elon Musk on Friday asked whether “Prime Minister Ambani” would consider allowing Starlink to compete in India, amid an online debate about his satellite internet network not having...
Scroll’s Ayush Tiwari detained while covering protest against CEC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
Scroll reporter Ayush Tiwari was among those detained by the Delhi Police on Saturday ahead of a protest by youth groups to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
How the French convinced Indian workers to stay on in the Caribbean despite systemic abuse
Scroll.inby Ajay Kamalakaran·2d ago
When the Nantes-Bordeaux steamship left Indian waters and set sail for the French Caribbean in November 1888, it carried 597 men, women and children from Calcutta, Pondicherry, and Karaikal, all...
October global nonfiction: Histories of the world from prehistoric dinosaurs to modern-day cyborgs
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·2d ago
All information sourced from publishers. Britain’s Slave Traders: A Forgotten History, William A Pettigrew They came from a wide range of backgrounds: plumbers as well as politicians...
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