Podcast: Does Suriya’s ‘Jai Bhim’ accurately depict reality?
Justice Chandru, who inspired the role of the crusading lawyer played by Suriya, reviews the film and reflects on the state of India’s criminal justice system.

Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport
A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
Is AI not all it’s made out to be? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist it
For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with
How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes
Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species
Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy