Watch: Vicky Kaushal as military hero Sam Manekshaw
Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Sam Bahadur’ will be released in cinemas on December 1. The cast includes Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra.

Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
Through a reader’s eyes: Bloomsday celebrations in James Joyce’s city, Dublin
‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed
Jeet Thayil’s new ‘documentary novel’: The restless lives of those shaped by separation across times
Seven books by Ugandan scholar Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
Fiction: A scheme to unearth the ‘lost’ Saraswati river becomes an act of Hindu nationalist pride