‘Ammu’ trailer: Aishwarya Lekshmi plays a domestic abuse survivor
Bobby Simha and Naveen Chandra also star in Amazon Prime Video’s first Telugu original movie. Charukesh Sekar’s film will be streamed on October 19.

Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
Seven books by Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
‘A dry future powered by the sun’: Solar water pumps are draining India’s groundwater reserves
Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents
Why some Hindu-Americans are opposing the first South Asian to run in New York’s mayoral poll
Why the intricate art of weaving the Jamdani sari is endangered in Bangladesh
For children: Poltu’s holiday takes an unexpected turn when a train full of ghosts pulls up
Indian writer Nilanjana S Roy is on the 2026 judging panel for the International Booker Prize
Policy scholar Yamini Aiyar’s new book shows what it means to be a Delhi government school teacher
For very young readers: Three new picture books on the mysteries of human and animal nature