‘Jahaan Chaar Yaar’ trailer: Four housewives take off on a vacation to Goa
Kamal Pandey’s comedy stars Swara Bhasker, Shikha Talsania, Meher Vij, Pooja Chopra and Girish Kulkarni. Out in cinemas on September 16.

Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride
Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
Desolate landscape to tourist hub: How China is transforming Mount Everest
Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents
Jeet Thayil’s new ‘documentary novel’: The restless lives of those shaped by separation across times
Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes
Bike taxis are exploding in India – but are facing government roadblocks