‘A Thursday’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a school teacher who takes her students hostage
Behzad Kambata’s film also stars Atul Kulkarni, Neha Dhupia and Dimple Kapadia. Out on Disney+ Hotstar on February 17.

Beyond the hype, millet cultivation is a challenge
A new book studies ancient texts and ideas to identify six systems of Indian philosophy
Ramachandra Guha: Ignored by the ‘national’ media, a disaster is unfolding in Great Nicobar
Lessons in not-so-free speech from Kunal Kamra, ‘L2: Empuraan’ cases
‘Test’ review: Testing times for the film’s characters and viewers
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
Jane Austen at 250: Shashi Deshpande on the ‘perfect artist’ who reinvented the novel
Over 300 in UP’s Muzaffarnagar told to furnish Rs 2 lakh bond for protesting against Waqf Bill
Sunday book pick: Upendranath Ashk’s wickedly funny short stories in ‘Hats and Doctors’