FIRs filed against three Gujarat-based political parties for defrauding government of Rs 560 crore
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
The Gujarat Police has registered cases against three Gujarat-based registered unrecognised political parties and persons linked to them, reported The Indian Express on Sunday.
Sunday book pick: The superb satire of Rajshekhar Basu aka Parashuram in ‘Selected Stories’
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·15d ago
Rajshekhar Basu (1880-1960) was a man of many talents. He was a scientist and an industrial executive and wrote under the pen name “Parashuram.” Basu was among the most illustrious humorists of...
‘Dance is my breathing, my survival, my everything’: Mohiniattam exponent Sunanda Nair
Scroll.inby Sunil Warrier·15d ago
For 62-year-old Sunanda Nair, the journey from the Mumbai suburb of Goregaon to the world stage was never mapped out as a career plan. But dance simply kept opening doors.
Gyanesh Kumar ‘used to recruit for BJP’, alleges Rahul Gandhi after ex-Keralam IAS officer’s claims
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that before Gyanesh Kumar took charge as the chief election commissioner, he had been used to “recruit for” the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The bid to improve safety in public parks cannot involve keeping the public out
Scroll.inby Tanya Shrivastava·15d ago
On Monday, a 17-year-old was allegedly gang raped in a public park in Delhi by three men claiming to be from the police. Her 17-year-old male friend was beaten.
‘A child’s innocent echo’: Writer Mohsin Khan on his novel ‘Allah Miyan’s Workshop’
Scroll.inby Abdullah Khan·15d ago
Seen through the eyes of a young boy named Gibran and set in the Avadh region of Uttar Pradesh, Allah Miyan’s Workshop explores faith, poverty, loss, and a child’s sense of wonder.
One hundred years of Mahasweta Devi: Stories of subaltern heroes who live on in memory
Scroll.inby Amritesh Mukherjee·15d ago
Picture a classroom in rural India. The textbook chapter on the freedom struggle lists your regular names – Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Patel – with familiar photographs.
Since BJP victory, Bengal’s Christians have faced at least 35 attacks, disruptions of prayer service
Scroll.inby Ankita Mahalanobish, AltNews·15d ago
In the hinterland of Bengal, mostly hidden from the attention of the mainstream media, Hindutva outfits are mounting a sustained assault against small Christian communities.
Instead of pushing hard at exercise, try ‘slow jogging’
Scroll.inby Stephen Garland, The Conversation·15d ago
Avid runners are often chasing speed. Whether that’s improving their 5K or shaving seconds off their marathon time to nail a personal best.
‘The Disappearers’: Marlon James’s new novel gives voice to the gay men Jamaica erased
Scroll.inby Alison Donnell, The Conversation·15d ago
Marlon James’s 2026 novel, The Disappearers, has already been hailed as the novel of the century by The New York Times, and it is certainly magnificent and explosive in equal measure.
Photo of Jamui teen who was harassed posted from Bihar chief minister’s account, staffer booked
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·15d ago
The Bihar Police on Friday registered a first information report against a staffer at the chief minister’s office for posting the photos of a minor girl who was molested by a group of men in Jamui...
Chhattisgarh church notices ask non-Christians to ‘enter at own risk’ amid Hindutva backlash fears
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17d ago
More than 10 churches in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district have in the past month put up notices outside their premises asking non-Christians to enter at their own risk amid fears of backlash by...
Women wrestlers challenge Brij Bhushan’s acquittal, say ‘ideal victim’ standards applied
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17d ago
Four women wrestlers have moved a Delhi court against the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case, Live Law reported on Friday.
J&K: BJP protests Omar Abdullah’s statehood resolution
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17d ago
Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday protested against a reference to a 2000 autonomy resolution made in a fresh one moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seeking statehood...
Why didn’t the Supreme Court stop the SIR?
Scroll.inby Shoaib Daniyal·17d ago
Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal, a newsletter on Indian politics. As always, if you’ve been sent this newsletter and like it, to get it in your inbox every week, sign up here (click on...
‘Bakaiti’ season 2 review: New problems and volume control
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17d ago
The Hindi show about idle chatter that leaves serious injuries has returned. In Bakaiti season 2 on Zee5, the cash-strapped Kataria family from Ghaziabad faces fresh obstacles while continuing to...
Delhi court allows US citizen, six Ukrainians held by NIA to visit families abroad for a month
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·17d ago
A Delhi court on Thursday permitted a United States citizen and six Ukrainians, who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency in March for allegedly having links to ethnic armed groups in...
Memoir of motherhood: A novelist (and mother of two) writes about the anxieties of raising daughters
Scroll.inby Diksha Basu·17d ago
On superstition Despite all these sunny joyous claims I now speak of, it was all also so difficult that in the early months of motherhood, I sometimes Googled non-life-threatening reasons to get...
‘Don’t Be Shy!’ review: Coming of age film mistakes Instagram philosophy for insight
Scroll.inby Udita Jhunjhunwala·17d ago
Prime Video’s new Hindi original film centres on Shyamili ‘Shy’ Das (Aarushi Bajaj), a college student who has her entire life mapped out.
Review: ‘Hunkkaar’ comes off as heavy-handed while trying to be hard-hitting
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·17d ago
A 17-year-old girl walks into a police station with her parents and accuses an elderly man of rape.
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