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• ‘I Am on the Hit List’: A lament for Gauri Lankesh, and a country that lost its way

  By Amrita Dutta Verified| Scroll.in Verified September 6, 2017. On Bangalore’s streets, wave upon wave of people, all of whom had turned up to grieve a journalist shot at her doorstep the night before. Having moved to the city three months ago, I watched with incredulity. Who was Gauri Lankesh? How did her journalism end up touching the lives of so many people? Three years into the first term of the Narendra Modi government, when journalists were being regularly taunted as “presstitutes”, how had an editor’s death led to this outpouring?

  By Amrita Dutta Verified · Scroll.in

  Mar. 21, 2025

• Bollywood actors as cats, ‘Linkedinese’ parodies and dancing dinos

  By Amrita Dutta Verified| Scroll.in Verified As a news editor, I have to eyeroll at the decision of the well-meaning folks at Oxford University Press to declare “brain rot” as the word of the year

  By Amrita Dutta Verified · Scroll.in

  Dec. 31, 2024

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Scroll.in

Scroll.in is an independent digital news publication based in India, launched in January 2014 by Samir Patil. It operates in both English and Hindi, with its Hindi content available through its sister site, Satyagrah. The platform focuses on political, cultural, and social issues in contemporary India, emphasizing investigative journalism and opinion pieces. The publication offers comprehensive news coverage, including articles, analyses, and multimedia content on various topics such as politics, sports, and culture. It features in-depth commentary from both contributors and staff journalists. Scroll.in aims to provide nuanced reporting for Indian readers, supported by a broad, ad-supported model without paywalls. The company is backed by organizations like the Omidyar Network and the Media Development Investment Fund, which underscores its commitment to independent journalism.