Podcast: Peng Shuai and China’s practice of disappearing citizens who don’t conform
The tennis star had vanished from public life after she accused a top Chinese official of sexual assault. Her reappearance, critics say, has been stage managed.

After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families
UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR
Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now
In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches
‘Flow love flow flawlessly’: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s poetry contemplates truth and justice in Venice
Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat
‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
Day or night? What’s the best time for a bath?