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Watch: The teaser of Mani Ratnam’s star-studded period drama ‘Ponniyin Selvan: I’ is here
Part one stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Karthi, Trisha and Jayam Ravi. In cinemas in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on September 30.

Why are Bangladeshis turning against India?
Food habits that work as well as weight-loss drugs
The first woman who climbed to the top of the world – and vanished
How India could cut its reliance on China for rare earth minerals
Short stories from Nagaland: A young man’s maiden visit to a clothing showroom doesn’t go as planned
From calming nerves to aiding good sleep: Why cashews are ‘super nuts’
Arunachal Pradesh: Tensions in Siang Valley as armed forces deployed to conduct dam survey
Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
Silent universities, collapsing republics: When thought becomes a crime
Fiction: Two bodies wash ashore. Soon, a murder case considered solved years ago is open again