‘Dasvi’ trailer: Abhishek Bachchan, Yami Gautam Dhar in comedy about adult education
Tushar Jalota’s film, which also stars Nimrat Kaur, will be premiered on Jio Cinema and Netflix on April 7.

India’s passport ranking drops to 148 among 199 countries
A new book studies ancient texts and ideas to identify six systems of Indian philosophy
The art of long, immersive pauses: What links Vinod Kumar Shukla to a 20th-century Carnatic singer
‘Test’ review: Testing times for the film’s characters and viewers
‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
April in nonfiction: Six new books about the complexities of the ever-evolving Indian experience
Kele ki machchli, moong dal ke shami kebab, atte ka keema: The faux ‘meat’ dishes of Kayasth cuisine
Reader’s guide: The opening lines of the six novels on the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist
A doctor’s biography: Opthalmologist Virender Singh Sangwan’s early years in studying the cornea
From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station