Daily Brief: Growing up Bengali in Bengaluru: Language is contentious terrain but chauvinism gets us nowhere, and moreWords0Time to read3 minsPublished17 Mar, 2023 Growing up Bengali in Bengaluru: Language is contentious terrain but chauvinism gets us nowhere Can we imagine a future in which people scramble to learn Kannada, simply because it provides a unique experience that English or Hindi may not? scroll.in For Kashmir’s struggling startups, a reason for hope – angel investors The first-of-its-kind attempt by a private initiative has secured seed funding commitments for three startups in the Union territory. scroll.in Nobel panel member clarifies that he did not say Modi is the ‘biggest contender’ for peace prize Some TV channels and news publications misquoted Asle Toje after he praised the Indian prime minister for his stand on the Russia-Ukraine war. scroll.in A 152-year-old bazaar in Kolkata holds the history of Bengali mishti’s evolution The sweet shops of Natun Bazar have preserved, wittingly or unwittingly, the milestones in the development of Bengali sweets. scroll.in ‘I am a servant of the Indian people’: Jawaharlal Nehru’s banned statement at his trial for sedition An excerpt from ‘Banned and Censored: What the British Raj Didn’t Want Us to Read’, selected and introduced by Devika Sethi. scroll.in ‘Zwigato’ review: A gentle, revealing slice-of-life drama about the travails of India’s gig economy Nandita Das’s film stars Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami. scroll.in Women’s World Boxing C’ships: Nikhat begins title defence in style; Sakshi, Nupur, Preeti advance Nikhat Zareen and Preeti won their opening bouts with RSC verdicts while Sakshi Chaudhary and Nupur Sheoran won via unanimous verdicts. scroll.in Readers’ comments: Can the Supreme Court fix India’s hate speech problem? Responses to articles in Scroll.in. scroll.in
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