‘Barzakh’ trailer: A man marries his lover’s ghost in show starring Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed
Asim Abbasi’s magic realist series will be premiered on Zindagi’s ZEE5 on July 19.

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
Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
‘Map of Memories’: Experimental poems resonate with the poet’s identity as migrant, scholar, thinker
Jeet Thayil’s new ‘documentary novel’: The restless lives of those shaped by separation across times
Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed
Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India
In Bengaluru, an ancient play finds new voice in the world’s oldest living dramatic tradition
What Iranians in India think about the war and Tehran
‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle