Ukraine crisis: ‘India needs Russia to prevent the rise of a belligerent, hegemonic China’
New Delhi’s position is not solely influenced by its reliance on Russian arms, says Nandan Unnikrishnan, Eurasia expert at the Observer Research Foundation.

Power, privilege, peril: The many hues of Bangladesh’s green passport
‘The Lone Wolf’: A military biography of grit and fortitude during India’s 1971 war with Pakistan
India has 73 million single women. What is love in their lives like?
‘A creative narrative based on facts’: How anthropologist Irawati Karve’s biography was written
The flight of the florican: An ornithologist’s lifelong quest to save a terrestrial bird
Freedom for the wolves, death for the sheep: The pitfalls of unbridled business deregulation
March fiction: Six recently published Indian novels and short stories for a new month of reading
‘Ziddi Girls’ review: A glossy, pacy drama about friendship and free speech
‘Dabba Cartel’ review: Overcooked serving of Bad Pharma and the drug trade
Start the week with a film: ‘Nickel Boys’ erases the distance between character and viewer