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“Regime change is one of the most fundamental aspects of a democracy,” says #NehaBora. On #ScrollAdda with @ShoaibDaniyal, @neha_aisa explains why they consider the BJP India’s most dangerous political party, and more. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=-2SJAepi…

Dipta’s career makes an independent path for complete creator ownership legible in India: do the work, translate it if necessary, self-publish it online in an accessible format, and submit it yourself for the awards it deserves. scroll.in/article/1094494/me… Arunava Banerjee✍️

India had a consulate in Odessa for a few decades. Ajay Kamalakaran writes about how the now-closed consulate played an important role in Indo-Soviet ties. scroll.in/magazine/1095647/h…

‘The Catcher in the Rye’ is 75, and every time I meet Holden Caulfield, I see him anew scroll.in/article/1096650/th… One of the most convincing things about Salinger’s novel is its rendition of the idiom of a teenager who is perhaps not quite as jaded as he thinks he is. Via The Conversation

Sri Lanka is mourning Kavantissa, one of its most iconic wild tuskers, who died after sustaining a gunshot injury. scroll.in/article/1096637/sr… His final days sparked an outpouring of public grief, drawing politicians, Buddhist monks, veterinarians and wildlife lovers together in a desperate effort to save him. Malaka Rodrigo reports

Putin hails Elon Musk as 'a genius' Russian President Vladimir Putin has said US tech tycoon Elon Musk is "truly a genius" for deploying thousands of satellites into orbit, as Moscow seeks to develop its own satellite internet network. Credit: AFP

Maize’s minimum support price was Rs 1,375 per quintal in 2016, and increased steadily to reach Rs 2,410 per quintal last year. scroll.in/article/1096679/ But a farmer from MP said, “We have sold our crop between Rs 1,200 and Rs 1,400 per quintal, sometimes going down as much as Rs 1,100.” Vaishnavi Rathore reports

The 18-year-old has a knack for making life’s more uneasy moments sound merely like mildly embarrassing mishaps. His songs make listeners laugh, then leave them with feelings they might not have expected to find there. scroll.in/article/1096690/ Sara Varghese speaks to the artist about his songs.

Odisha: 12 missing after landslide in Ganjam, four killed in Kandhamal Seventeen districts of the state have been receiving heavy rainfall under the influence of Cyclone Arnab. Read Here: scroll.in/latest/1096787/odi…

The sum of accidental and incidental encounters sculpts the life of Chaudhuri’s writer protagonist. scroll.in/article/1096669/ch… Sonakshi Srivastava reviews ‘Château Rouge’ by Amit Chaudhuri. @WestlandBooks

Celebrate this #Diwali by sharing something meaningful with those you care about – the power of fearless, independent reporting. Give the gift of a Scroll subscription: scroll.in/gift-membership?&u…

"They told me that they would take a part of my liver instead and then I would not have to pay for all the tests.” scroll.in/article/1090519/wh… In one quarter of the town, in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district, everyone we met knew someone who had sold a kidney. Report by Johanna Deeksha

The BJP has cornered thousands of crores through opaque finances, choked funds to NGOs and shielded its ideological parent, the RSS, from financial scrutiny. scroll.in/article/1096755/fo… Debasish Roy Chowdhury reports

Replug | #NarendraModi, like #IndiraGandhi, has used his political authority to construct a mammoth personality cult, representing himself as the sole embodiment of the party, the government, the state, the nation itself. scroll.in/article/1083976/ra… Ramachandra Guha draws parallels between India's two prime ministers.

#BookReview | Sibal’s chilling depiction challenges the stereotyped view that only men from low-income backgrounds engage in such acts. scroll.in/article/1096574/mo… @chintanwriting reviews #Moms by Shivani Sibal. @HarperCollinsIN

People ask why I would put a word like kaali in a children’s book. Because of what I learned sitting in classrooms with my first book: ten-year-olds already know. At this age, what they do not have is the vocabulary to name what they have experienced. Naming is claiming. scroll.in/article/1095993/ Lakshmi Iyer ✍️

Alleging irregularities in the SIR, the Opposition parties accused the chief election commissioner of having ‘acted at the behest’ of PM Modi and Amit Shah. scroll.in/latest/1096783/in-…

What is driving young people to the streets in protest against the Modi government? Ten young protesters in Delhi explain what has angered them, from political disillusionment to outrage over the deaths of NEET aspirants. Nolina Minj reports: scroll.in/article/1096458/

Rising pollution: India has dashboards to track problem – but not to track capability to solve it As a country, we have become better at measuring public problems. The harder task is ensuring that the institutions expected to solve them have the staff, money, infrastructure and authority to do so, Kabeer Arora ✍️ Read Here: scroll.in/article/1096631/

“The savarnas are good at lending support but even better at bringing someone down,” said Rajendra Nath Tripathi, the national president of the Akhil Bharatiya Brahmin Mahasabha. Ayush Tiwari reports on the growing disquiet among the BJP’s core voters in Uttar Pradesh. Read Here: scroll.in/article/1096614/

Folk culture in the way that the Kumauni people have inherited it, lies at the heart of this festival. ALF aims to make a sincere effort to bring every such story to the centre stage. scroll.in/article/1096577/ Vasudha Pant & Tanuja Bahuguna write that it belongs to everyone who can think, create and enlighten the spirit of the masses, as well as their own.