AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 hours agoPodcast: The myths of Jawaharlal Nehru’s Indiascroll.in - Dinyar PatelThe author of ‘Nehru’s India: A History in Seven Myths’, picks apart and explodes several common presumptions of India’s first 17 years of …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 hours agoIn Pakistan, Dalits battle dual discriminationscroll.in - Shaeran RufusAs a religious minority and a ‘lower’ caste, the community leads a marginal existence even though political representation has improved. Kishore Kohli …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 hours agoA new book tells the story of the Indian freedom movement through the lives of five key playersscroll.in - TCA RaghavanAn excerpt from ‘Circles of Freedom: Friendship, Love and Loyalty in The Indian National Struggle,’ by TCA Raghavan. During this long incarceration, …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo7 hours agoWhy Kashmir’s activists are turning to the National Green Tribunal to save its forests and wetlandsscroll.in - Safwat ZargarFrom sharply reprimanding the government to fining construction companies, the green court has backed conservation efforts in the Union territory. For …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo15 hours agoHow digital mindfulness can help employees reduce ‘technostress’scroll.in - Elizabeth Marsh, The ConversationThings as simple as stepping away from technology for a short period or avoiding multitasking can help. Technology-related stress, overload and …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo18 hours ago‘I want to be everything’: Nigeria’s herder community heads to school – a first in generationsscroll.in - Abubakar Muktar Abba, Human Journalism NetworkClimate change has pushed the nomadic Fulani to change their migratory lifestyle of tending to livestock. In 2016, when the terrorist organisation …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo20 hours ago‘Until August’: Nobel winner Gabriel García Márquez’s last novel is a moving testament to his geniusscroll.in - Gabriel Garcia Ochoa, The ConversationThe narrative voice is enthralling, the plot is cleverly creative. The characters are complex, contradictory and engaging. Gabriel García Márquez …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo22 hours agoReaders’ comments: Veg vs ‘non-veg’ debate should consider the industrialisation of meat productionscroll.in - ScrollResponses to articles in Scroll.in. Sudha Nagavarapu’s article offers many important perspectives on the consumption of animal foods (“How I became a …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoReading list: Nine books by Indian-American writers that address urgent global problemsscroll.in - Scroll StaffBooks on the politics of immigration, detailed studies of lethal illnesses, a memoir of an estranged family, a history of revolutions, and more. Age …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoKotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bankscroll.in - Ayush TiwariThe Kotak firm did not donate to any other political party. Uday Kotak is a rare banker whose firm features on the list of electoral bond donors. For …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoFrom the biography: Ram Vilas Paswan’s role in implementing the Mandal Commission reportscroll.in - Sobhana K NairAn excerpt from ‘Ram Vilas Paswan: The Weathervane of Indian Politics’, by Sobhana K Nair. The 1950 Constitution only provided for reservation for the …
AvatarScrollFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoHow the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distressscroll.in - Santosh MehrotraWith dismal basic education and a bleak job market, private tuition offer aspirational youngsters the best shot at clearing government recruitment …