‘Mai’ trailer: Sakshi Tanwar plays a woman investigating her daughter’s death
Created and co-directed by Atul Mongia, the Netflix series co-stars Vivek Mushran, Wamiqa Gabbi, Anant Vidhaat, Raima Sen and Seema Pahwa. Out on April 15.

Fiction: Two Indian institutions are keen to produce silicon, but someone wants to spoil their plans
‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
From Pune to Delhi, riverfront projects are all the rage. But evidence shows they harm rivers
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’: A thorough study of how Hindu identity was shaped by colonialism
Perumal Murugan’s intimate look into the lives of his college students from small-town Tamil Nadu
Germany’s firewall against the far right has crumbled – the consequences are immeasurable
‘They will beat me again’: What led to the death of a young man in Jammu village?
‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
‘Golwalkar’: MS Golwalkar’s single-minded pursuit of a Hindu Rashtra and the forces that aided him
In ‘Suzhal: The Vortex’ 2, a micro-festival with a larger message about the ‘feminine divine’