‘Kathal’ trailer: Sanya Malhotra and the case of the missing jackfruit
Yashowardhan Mishra’s film, also starring Anant Joshi, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav and Neha Saraf, will be streamed on Netflix on May 19.

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How the ghats of Banaras became a defining image of the ancient city
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The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess
Failing crop insurance proves costly for vulnerable Indian farmers
‘Autumn always returned / to our garden’: Poems about the (extra)ordinary in tradition and modernity
How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
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