Manipur: Three Kuki civilians killed in suspected militant attack
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
At least three persons from the Kuki community were killed in Manipur after an armed group allegedly from the Naga community attacked a Kuki village along the Imphal-Tamenglong road in Kangpokpi...
How a Victorian philosopher found common ground between Hindu philosophy and socialism
Scroll.inby Ajay Kamalakaran·31 Aug 2026
When Edward Carpenter arrived in Madras in 1891, he quickly discovered that being an Englishman in India came with a price.
Nepal flood: 149 Indians rescued, another 500 safe in China
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
Nearly 150 Indians were rescued from flash flood-hit Nepal as of 5.30 pm on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Start the week with a film: ‘Scarface’ and the secret of its excess
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·31 Aug 2026
After months of delays, Geetu Mohandas’s Toxic swaggered into cinemas last week, promising to re-examine its lead actor Yash’s hyper-macho image.
Why Tamil Nadu’s factories are death traps for migrant workers
Scroll.inby Johanna Deeksha·31 Aug 2026
At around 10.40 am on June 21, the female migrant workers’ quarters at a seafood processing plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district, was almost full.
‘Fake claims’: Great Nicobar lighthouse project study lists species found in Africa, Amazon
Scroll.inby Pankaj Sekhsaria·31 Aug 2026
Species primarily found in Africa and the Amazon have been listed in a recent environment impact assessment study claiming that they live on Great Nicobar Island.
Microfinance promised economic freedom but created more debt for the poor
Scroll.inby Ruipeng Liu, The Conversation·30 Aug 2026
Microfinance was once celebrated as Asia’s tool to lift people out of poverty. From Bangladesh to India, Cambodia and the Philippines, the promise was simple: provide small loans to low-income...
‘The Mistress of Phoolpur’: These short stories promise interesting ideas but fall short on delivery
Scroll.inby Saudha Kasim·30 Aug 2026
A friend once described watching an Odissi dance troupe perform the same piece in multiple locations over the course of a few weeks as an experience that provided diminishing returns.
Sunday book pick: Fame, chronic illness and Hollywood dreamland in Lena Dunham’s memoir, ‘Famesick’
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·30 Aug 2026
“The triad of illness, trauma, and addiction was more than I had been able to bear. Everything that had happened publicly was harder than I let on. But it was real.
HC pulls up FDA for ‘mechanical’ suspension of licences of five Mumbai Cricket Association eateries
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·30 Aug 2026
The Bombay High Court on Saturday pulled up the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration for passing a “mechanical” order refusing to revoke the suspension of licences of five eateries operating on...
‘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.
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