‘Good Luck Sakhi’ trailer: Nagesh Kukunoor directs Keerthy Suresh, Aadhi, Jagapathi Babu
Keerthy Suresh plays an aspiring sharpshooter. The Telugu comedy will be released in theatres on January 28.

Ramachandra Guha: Ignored by the ‘national’ media, a disaster is unfolding in Great Nicobar
Beyond the hype, millet cultivation is a challenge
‘Sita in Exile’: A novel about gender expectations of women in the Ramayana (and the modern world)
A new book studies ancient texts and ideas to identify six systems of Indian philosophy
‘Test’ review: Testing times for the film’s characters and viewers
Jane Austen at 250: Shashi Deshpande on the ‘perfect artist’ who reinvented the novel
Lessons in not-so-free speech from Kunal Kamra, ‘L2: Empuraan’ cases
India’s passport ranking drops to 148 among 199 countries
The art of long, immersive pauses: What links Vinod Kumar Shukla to a 20th-century Carnatic singer
April fiction: Six newly published novels and short story collections about contemporary Indian life