Watch: Clip from Ridley Scott’s ‘The Last Duel’, out in India on October 22
The period drama stars Jodie Comer, Adam Driver, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
The psychology of making a change to your life – and sticking with it
Congress questions BJP about Trump’s USAID funds ‘for friend Modi’ claim
‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language