Mohammed Zubair case: ‘The power of arrest is exercised so casually in India today’
Great leeway is given to the police without parallel protections for the accused, says senior advocate Rebecca John.

Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin
‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
Maharashtra withdraws orders to teach Hindi as third language in primary schools
Andhra Pradesh: Mango farmers battle erratic weather, crop pests
‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition