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Editor’s note: As AI threatens journalism, help Scroll stay free and independent

Editor’s note: As AI threatens journalism, help Scroll stay free and independent

Independent journalism only works when readers like you power it. In recent months, internet users searching for articles from Scroll and other...

15.08.2025 4

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Naresh Fernandes

What the outrage over stray dogs says about the moral compass of middle-class Indians

What the outrage over stray dogs says about the moral compass of middle-class Indians

The emotional response that followed the Supreme Court ordering the removal of all stray dogs in the National Capital Region is a grim reflection...

14.08.2025 10

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Mohammad Aaquib

Mumbai had a street dog issue. Then it didn’t

Mumbai had a street dog issue. Then it didn’t

Raju, a chaiwala at Churchgate Reclamation in Mumbai, would call us whenever his beloved Jaggu and Rani were unwell. Though his earnings were...

14.08.2025 6

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Abodh Aras

Going off script: Our front row view of another Kerala story

Going off script: Our front row view of another Kerala story

Growing up in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the only Kerala story we ever encountered was the one in our GK books. It was the state with the highest...

11.08.2025 10

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Aishwarya Prakash

When the referee picks a side: The Election Commission must urgently restore its credibility

When the referee picks a side: The Election Commission must urgently restore its credibility

In every functioning democracy, the neutrality and credibility of its election commission is the oxygen that keeps the system alive. Without it,...

11.08.2025 2

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Ashok Swain

Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to Rajmohan Gandhi, the writer with deep insights into India’s past

Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to Rajmohan Gandhi, the writer with deep insights into India’s past

Mahatma Gandhi had four sons. He bullied the two oldest children, Harilal and Manilal, and condescended to the third, who was named Ramdas. But by...

10.08.2025 20

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Ramachandra Guha

Opinion: In Assam, vicious communal rhetoric is putting democracy at risk

Opinion: In Assam, vicious communal rhetoric is putting democracy at risk

Never has politics been so nasty, brutal and vindictive. Political language is marked by slights and slurs that were unknown in the past despite...

08.08.2025 2

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Patricia Mukhim