‘Bada Naam Karenge’ trailer: Sooraj Barjatya’s series is about Gen Z and traditional values
Palash Vaswani’s show stars Ritik Ghanshani, Ayesha Kaduskar, Kanwaljeet Singh and Jameel Khan, among others. Out on Sony LIV on February 7.

The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess
How the ghats of Banaras became a defining image of the ancient city
How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
The erasure of Tibet’s linguistic diversity
‘Sikandar’ review: Film that champions organ donation is in dire need of a brain transplant
Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all
Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Hundred years of a fearless Indonesian literary icon
From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station
‘The Owl, the River and the Valley’: Short stories with incisive knowledge of common Assamese woman