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Al Jazeera
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Inside India's expulsion of Bengali Muslims
India is expelling Bengali Muslims – stripping citizenship, detaining and deporting them to Bangladesh. The crackdown has spread nationwide, prompted by years of BJP propaganda and a news media all too willing to sell the story of a Muslim 'enemy within'. Contributors: Shoaib Daniyal – Political editor, Scroll Fatima Khan – Political journalist Vaishna Roy – Editor, Frontline magazine Paranjoy Guha Thakurta – Journalist and filmmaker
Scroll.in
26-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scroll.in
Join Varun Grover for the first-ever live Scroll Adda in Delhi
Comedian, lyricist, writer, filmmaker and gulab jamun chauvinist: Varun Grover wears many hats. To understand what makes him tick, Scroll's political editor Shoaib Daniyal will be in conversation with Grover for a live audience recording of the Scroll Adda podcast. The event is open only to Scroll members. Venue: Kunzum Books, GK2, Delhi Date: Monday, August 11 Time: 3.30 pm To attend, RSVP here. Seats will be filled on a first-come basis. There are only 80 spots available. Not a Scroll member but still want to attend? You can sign up and then RSVP.
Scroll.in
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scroll.in
Scroll Adda: ‘Majority of Indians are closet non-vegetarians'
Play Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Kayastha, Baniya – the Indian subcontinent has more varieties of food than possibly any other place on Earth. So much so that food writer and historian Pushpesh Pant argues it's difficult to identify anything as 'Indian food' at all. On the fourth episode of Scroll Adda with Shoaib Daniyal, Pant speaks with erudition and humour about popular Indian food myths (did you know there's no biryani in Lucknow?), how food intersects with identities such as caste and gender, and shares some of his favourite dishes.
Scroll.in
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Scroll Adda: ‘Secular forces fixate on footnotes, Hindutva gets how Indians deal with history'
Play Few things seem more contested today than history. From politics to Bollywood, this once sleepy school subject dominates headlines. In an extensive chat with Shoaib Daniyal on the Scroll Adda podcast, however, historian Manu Pillai contextualises this. People of every age think they are living through unique circumstances. But maybe it's not so different today as it was earlier. That said, Pillai is clear that 'Hindutva has understood and weaponised how Indians deal with history' in a way that the left has not. 'Secular forces are fixated on a footnoted version of history,' he says. This makes it quite unappealing to people looking to history to construct an identity. Where does that leave the historian? Pillai agrees that he never thought he'd be in such a contentious field when he first started out. But in the end, he sees it as the price of being in the public eye. Historians are people too. The idea that a pure or virtuous history is possible, he suggests, may itself be an idealised position. Aryan Mahtta
Scroll.in
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Scroll Adda: How fact checkers fight IT cell disinformation
Play India is drowning in fake news. And much of it is produced by its own political parties. Dedicated so-called IT cells supported by highly paid consultants push disinformation on social media with the aim of converting voters to their point of view. This isn't limited to elections. Disinformation is warping Indian society itself. The past decade has seen an explosion of hate, a significant part of which has been powered by fake news. The first line of defence against this tsunami? Fact checkers. To understand how they battle this scourge, Scroll's political editor, Shoaib Daniyal, speaks to Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha on the first episode of Scroll Adda. In a wide-ranging conversation, Sinha explains the toll disinformation has taken on India — and on his own mental health.
