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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 1h

October Indian nonfiction: New conversations about the past and the future in these recent titles

An actor’s memoir, a scientific guide to appetite and eating, the future of Indian languages, and more.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 3h

How a British police officer turned his Indian postings into pulp fiction

Edward Cox’s tales of detectives and dacoits, which drew on three decades of policing, revealed the prejudices and hierarchies of the colonial state.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 4h

SIR: EC asks BLOs to revisit voter list, add through Form 6 those eligible but deleted

However, ex-poll chief SY Quraishi said that officials who ‘force’ voters to fill the form, which is only for new electors, are ‘abetters’ to an offence.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 6h

SK Bole – the social reformer who mentored Ambedkar but then joined hands with Savarkar

He helped build the legal ground for the Mahad Satyagraha and ended his career as president of the Hindu Mahasabha.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 6h

‘I try to write from within the body, acknowledging its innerness and mystery’: Poet Tishani Doshi

‘Concepts that seem abstract – time, breath, rhythm – are all within the body, and they come into poetry,’ she added.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 7h

When does crowd control become ‘excessive’ police force?

India’s police manuals demand restraint and the bare minimum of force. So why do crackdowns from Jantar Mantar to Aarey Colony turn brutal?

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 7h

CJP announces Delhi protest on October 10 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign

The Left parties and their affiliated groups said they will continue their agitation at Jantar Mantar on Saturday.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 7h

‘I’m a little cockroach’: The new non-violence of poetry, protest, and imagined communities

In its joyous orality, the youth protest poetry cuts across class, caste, and gender precisely because of this mode of expression.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 8h

Cosy charmer ‘Bethlehem Kudumba Unit’ has finally come home

The Malayalam superhit, directed by Girish AD and starring Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju, is out on JioHotstar.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 8h

‘Delhi was a warzone, Mumbai a concert’: Protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar strike contrasting notes

In the national capital, 700 protestors were reportedly detained. In the commercial capital, the protest was infectiously festive.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 17h

Nutrients in food mimic calorie restrictions. Can they improve our health?

Research in humans has yet to show that compounds reproduce the effects of calorie restriction or extend healthspan.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 19h

Mumbai: Six allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants arrested

They have been accused of providing forged Aadhaar and other identity documents to Bangladeshi citizens to help them enter India.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 19h

How ‘new’ is the tilcayo, the first cat species to be discovered in a 100 years?

Researchers knew of a tiger cat occurred in Bolivia’s Yungas cloud forests, but it had never been formally described.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 19h

Punjab: Two arrested for allegedly spreading rumours of girls missing from university hostel

The two persons who were detained are former students, police said.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 20h

Rush Hour: Delhi, Mumbai hold protests against Gyanesh Kumar, ‘Mohammad’ Deepak arrested and more

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 21h

The reason for Indian democracy’s downslide is collapse of judiciary: Indira Jaising

‘Sons of judges are judges, the judiciary makes no apologies for being dynastic.’

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 21h

Fiction: An Irrigation Department engineer has to build a dam project that will wash away villages

An excerpt from ‘Root and Branch’, by K Subramanian, translated from the Tamil by the author.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 22h

‘Nothing imminent’: US official on trade deal with India

Jamieson Greer said Donald Trump and Narendra Modi may have another phone call soon to assess the progress on the negotiations.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 23h

Probe by Paris body found no request by Hindu group to remove women staff from Eiffel Tower: BAPS

On Tuesday, the company that manages the monument said that its chief would step down in the wake of the controversy.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Our City That Year’ is on the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation longlist

The shortlist will be announced on October 26, and the winner will be announced at a ceremony at in London on 16 November.

Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

‘I brought her up with such loving care’: Tagore writes about missing his daughter after marriage

An excerpt from ‘Tagore: An Illustrated Biography’, by Uma Das Gupta.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Karnataka SIR: EC says it will take action against bulk applications to delete voters

The CM and Congress MLAs protested outside the chief electoral officer’s office, alleging that BJP and JD(S) workers were filing false Form 7s.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

‘#Love’ review: Ample chemistry smoothens out the creases in the writing

Balaji Mohan’s Netflix series stars Aishwarya Lekshmi and Arjun Das.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Uttarakhand gym owner ‘Mohammed’ Deepak arrested for allegedly assaulting trader

The complainant alleged that Deepak Kumar assaulted him after he commented on a post by the gym owner about the demolition of portions of an Ujjain mosque.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Delhi Metro shuts 11 stations ahead of protest calling for CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation

Deputy Commissioner of Police Sachin Sharma said that ‘permission has not been granted for any type’ of demonstration.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Futile for Indians to believe they are ‘Aryans’: How Gandhi inspired Du Bois to reimagine the world

The African-American scholar had a long engagement with India and drew on the freedom struggle to forge a grounds for solidarity among people of colour.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Ujjain: Portion of mosque damaged during road-widening work days after unrest

A minaret fell on the dome and first floor of the Shahi Masjid after a crane being used to remove it reportedly malfunctioned.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

From Azad Hind Radio to Gandhi: The forgotten Indian story of Surinamese composer Majoie Hajary

The pianist with Indian roots moved from wartime radio and New Delhi to ragas, devotional music and one of the most unusual Gandhi recordings of the 1960s.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

South India’s history: When French and English trading companies fought for control of Cuddalore

An excerpt from ‘The Carnatic Wars: Great Power Rivalries in Eighteenth-Century India’, by Venkatesh Parthasarathy.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Review: ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’ leads viewers on, like its accused heroine

Navjot Gulati’s Hindi film on Zee5 stars Mrunal Thakur, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Huma Qureshi and Vijay Raaz.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

‘Drishyam The Conclusion’ review: Vijay Salgaonkar faces a new adversary – but barely

Abhishek Pathak’s thriller pits Ajay Devgn against Jaideep Ahlawat.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

‘To expound satyagraha to the public’: Why Gandhi agreed to become the editor of two newspapers

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869. He edited several newspapers including ‘Harijan’, ‘Indian Opinion’, and ‘Young India’.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

‘Digger’ review: Extra-large and super-thin satire digs deep for rare gold

Tom Cruise leads Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu’s black comedy about climate change.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

As a Bengal seat goes to bye-polls, SIR deleted voters are stuck in limbo

Deleted voters are now left out of the election campaign, fearful of being pushed into Bangladesh as well as losing their welfare benefits.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The start of a run can feel like a fight against your body – and that is normal

This sensation is actually caused by a normal feature of human physiology.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

HC directs Delhi Police to provide protection to mother of Uttam Nagar Holi violence accused

The petitioner said that some local residents, including the family members of the deceased, were were throwing stones and bricks at her home.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

As India’s exotic pet trade flourishes, abandonment of animals is an ecological danger

Removing animals from native ecosystems affects the ecological functions they perform while introducing them into new territories can alter the environment.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Rush Hour: India logs driest monsoon in decade, jet fuel prices hiked by 13% and more

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

SC seeks Bengal response on Mahua Moitra’s plea seeking protection during visit to her constituency

It also asked the state and Centre to file their responses on her petition alleging obstruction in the implementation of MPLADS fund work in Krishnanagar.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fiction: The Hatuas navigate a world where ancient traditions are being eroded by modern industry

An excerpt from ‘Gold Sand, Gold Water’, by Nalini Bera, translated from the Bengali by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: SC stays death sentence of convict

Ahmed Bawa Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, one of the 38 convicts, submitted that the case against him was based entirely on ‘conspiracy’.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Jet fuel prices for domestic airlines hiked by 13%

This is the third consecutive monthly increase in the price of aviation fuel.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

SC declines to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against freezing of four TMC bank accounts

The bench directed the Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Israel election weeks away, Netanyahu seizes on Flydubai incident to bolster his image

The longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history is hoping he can still restore his image as ‘the protector of Israel’.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

In a new book, a Hindu priestess writes about her attempts to make rituals more queer-friendly

An excerpt from ‘The Mother’s Home’ by Pandita Pratima Kushmani Shridevi Doobay in ‘Seeing Equally: An Anthology of Progressive Hindu Voices’.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Karnataka SIR: Over 4,000 applications to delete voters, mostly Muslims, says report

In two cases, ‘The Hindu’ found already filled and printed Form 7s with names of voters whose deletion was being sought.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Monsoon ends with 12.6% rainfall deficit, driest season in a decade

The rains in eastern and northeastern states were the lowest since 1901, the weather department said.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Indian women are on the streets again. Everything has changed but nothing has changed

Women are no longer petitioning for safety but claiming their right to public spaces. Yet, the rest of the country seems willfully ignorant.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Eiffel Tower chief to step down after row over removal of women staff for Hindu group’s visit

An internal probe found that ‘operational flaws’ had led to the ‘unacceptable’ incident, said the firm that manages the landmark.

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Scroll.in @scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Flydubai incident: What we know so far

While the airline said the reason behind the Indian pilot getting injured was unknown, Israeli PM Netanyahu claimed he had saved the plane from being crashed.

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