How the ‘Zed Beats’ music movement give Zambians back their voice
This blend of indigenous musical elements with international influences uses local languages, which has great resonance with young people.
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Geetanjali Shree’s radical fiction, written in Hindi, is finding a global audience
Shree has explored the postcolonial tension between Hindi and English with piercing acuity in her five collections of short stories and five novels.
Mumbai’s chawl residents negotiate with ‘light mafias’ for power supply
Informal settlements are forced to rely on illegal operators who provide low-voltage, irregular electricity which is risky and expensive.
Bangladesh says PM Tarique Rahman will not visit India until Sheikh Hasina is extradited
The former prime minister’s open media interactions’ ‘vitiated’ the possibility of Rahman’s visit, a Dhaka official said.
AI is flooding the online book market with poor translations: Here’s how to spot them
AI translations push the crafted work of real translators – with qualifications, genuine language skills, experience – to the back of a very busy marketplace.
‘Attention and Drift’: A new vantage from which to look at literature and politics simultaneously
Author Prasanta Chakravarty studies the ideas of American philosophers George Santayana and Stanley Cavell.
Actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff get Maharashtra FDA notice over Vimal Elaichi ad
The Food and Drug Administration alleged that the advertisement amounts to surrogate promotion of Vimal Pan Masala, a product prohibited in the state.
Bar Council chairman apologises to law students amid NALSAR row
‘Peaceful disagreement, questioning and protest are important features of a constitutional democracy,’ Mishra wrote in a letter.
CJP alleges its Bengal volunteer’s father died after attack by BJP workers
While the political campaign alleged that the police had refused to act, an officer told ‘Scroll’ that they were yet to receive a complaint regarding this.
Sunday book pick: Bhisham Sahni’s debut novel ‘Boyhood’ is a prelude to a pain-wracked adulthood
First published in 1967 as ‘Jharokhe’, Sahni’s novel has been translated by Anna Khanna.
Bengal: TMC leader and ex-deputy speaker Asish Banerjee found dead
A note purportedly recovered near his body said that false allegations of corruption had been made against him.
Video cassettes and melancholy music: Drinking in Hindi films in 1980s Shillong
The video revolution came late to Meghalaya. On the small screen, films showed us a world of heroism and love and injustice, where so much was possible.
Arunachal Pradesh: Five Army personnel missing after flash floods, four persons killed in landslide
Heavy rains led to two shelters of the Army being washed away in Dibang Valley district.
‘Sign of desperation’: Opposition says PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxals’ remark shows he is ‘rattled’
The PM’s comments were ‘nothing but an attempt to stigmatise dissent and intimidate those who question the government’, said CPI leader D Raja.
Why is the BJP scared of displays of support for Umar Khalid?
The ‘anti-national’ label is no longer effective in stigmatising the activist, after nearly six years in prison without trial, his supporters say.
‘Souls of Someone’: Photobook on trans women at the Koovagam festival is sensitive and full of life
Author Shino Cherian travelled to the annual 18-day Koovagam festival where trans women ‘marry’ Lord Aravan in elaborate ceremonies.
Eco India: Can Delhi save its forests without destroying what makes them valuable?
Data indicates that Delhi lost at least 29.6 acres of tree cover since 2001, intensifying heatwaves in the capital.
What the saga of Monsieur Mounissamy tells us about Franco-Indian identity
Pankaj Rishi Kumar’s documentary ‘To Die a Frenchman’ plunges into the hidden, intimate layers of colonial violence.
India’s cockroaches are offering a reality check about the country’s development model
Decades of policy choices neglecting human development, especially education, are coming home to roost.
‘Many times, ideas from a novel leave an imprint on poems under construction’: Jeet Thayil
‘You don’t have to step out of your house to feel dislocated. For poets, this is a useful state – it keeps the work honest,’ he added.
After Tejpal: A letter to progressive men from a feminist
While broligarchy may be taking over the world, left-pro-bros closer home work hard to protect each other.
Upper Assam’s flood catastrophe is a direct result of river and mountain grabbing
Rampant mining and deforestation have shaken the very core of the region’s fragile ecologies.
UK drought highlights precarious food system
Farmers are reporting dry soil and poor crop conditions while the country’s fresh produce depends on increasingly uncertain global supplies.
History remembered: When Pakistan wanted to fly its flag at London’s India House on August 15, 1947
Britain announced its exit from India nearly a year ahead of schedule, leaving many loose ends to be tied up before the first Independence Day.
Centre cuts windfall tax on petrol, diesel and aviation fuel
The special duty on diesel exports has been cut to Rs 24 from Rs 25.5, on aviation fuel to Rs 19.5 from Rs 22 and on petrol to zero from Rs 3.5.
‘Sophie, Standing There’: After ‘Sorrow and Bliss’, Meg Mason’s new novel asks if books can save us
Author Meg Mason palpates the tender spots that linger in the wake of divorce, infertility, long-term job insecurity and even the wounds religion may inflict.
Rare Eurasian lynx recorded on camera traps in Sikkim
The image was captured in Tso Lhamo, a high-altitude border landscape.
Indonesia: At least 38 dead as 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern coast
Tsunami waves of less than 3 feet were recorded in several regions after the tremors, but an official warning was lifted three hours after the quake.
August global fiction: Six new novels for a new month of reading
Indonesian writer Budi Darma in translation, a science fiction about a quest for democracy, a dog’s odyssey, and more.
Delhi school cancels JNU professor’s talk on ‘pluralism’ after VHP protests
The event was reportedly cancelled due to ‘security concerns’ for Zoya Hasan and the institute.
Eco India, Episode 330: How tree loss fuels urban heatwaves
Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow.
NLSIU students condemn Bar Council’s now-revoked action against NALSAR graduating batch
The students also opposed Chief Justice Surya Kant attending the convocation at the Bengaluru law school.
‘Appetite’: Life in Goa comes alive in this wryly humorous yet eerily chilling anthology
Edited by Shivranjana Rathore and Tino De Sa, it has short stories, poems, essays, memoir pieces, and a graphic narrative exploring Goa’s various sides.
PM Modi calls for ‘dimagi Naxals’ to be ‘found and isolated’ in his Independence Day speech
Persons with ‘Naxal mentality’ are threatening Indian society, the prime minister said.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra claims Nadia administration told her to leave circuit house late at night
The Trinamool Congress leader said she checked in on Friday evening but was asked to leave while a crowd chanting Jai Shri Ram had gathered outside.
Post July uprising, Bangladesh has rediscovered 1947 – but forgotten those uprooted by Partition
The events of 1947 are increasingly being revived as a way of reasserting Bengali Muslim political identity and creating distance from India.
Census 2027: Caste, Covid-19 vaccination status among 40 questions notified by Centre
This will be the first time in independent India that caste will be enumerated across communities.
‘A microcosm that reflects a larger reality’: Why small-town crime works for ‘Vadhandhi’
A conversation with the Prime Video show’s director Andrew Louis and creative producers Pushkar and Gayatri.
‘The Once and Future Riot’: Graphic journalism in the post-truth era that shows the truth isn’t neat
The book’s central contention is that sectarian violence in modern India is not an isolated, anomalous incident, but a recurring structural mechanism.
NHRC notice to Centre over 19 reported deaths by suicide of CRPF personnel between January and May
At 59, the paramilitary force recorded its highest number of deaths by suicide in five years in 2025, the rights panel noted.
Independence Day fiction: Stories of common men who participated in Gandhi’s satyagraha for freedom
An excerpt from ‘Warriors of Non-Violence: Stories of Freedom Fighters Who Chose Peace’, by Ira Saxena.
Saudi defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan is a verdict on American reliability
It’s an insurance policy taken out by governments that no longer wish to entrust their safety to a single guarantor.
‘Absolutely uncalled for’: CJI slams Bar Council’s bid to take action against NALSAR students
Chief Justice Surya Kant remarked that students have the right to protest ‘even if they are wrong’.
Manipur: Two Nagas killed in firing by militants at Kangpokpi
The Liangmai Naga Council-Manipur announced an immediate total shutdown of Liangmai Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur until further notice.
Rush Hour: Two Nagas killed in Manipur violence, SC quashes FIRs against Samay Raina & more
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening.
In Bangladesh, jute mandate can’t stop switch to plastic sacks
Synthetic fibres have made inroads due to easy availability and low cost.
True Story: Food companies are lying to you. The regulator failed to stop them
The government’s efforts to regulate the packaged food industry are falling short.
Readers’ comments: On letter from Lahore, young people give hope of overcoming borders and hate
Responses to articles in Scroll.in.
SC quashes defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi for remarks about VD Savarkar
The bench noted that in the Uttar Pradesh government’s affidavit, there was ‘no disclosure of sanction having been granted’.
SC quashes FIRs against comedian Samay Raina, others for jokes about persons with disability
The court praised their efforts to conduct awareness programmes and raise funds for persons with disabilities.