Watch: In short film ‘Hello Brick Road’, a virtual date during lockdown takes strange turns
Directed by Mihir Chitre, the film stars Varun Tewari and Tirrtha R Murbaadkar and has been made during the lockdown.

India’s passport ranking drops to 148 among 199 countries
A new book studies ancient texts and ideas to identify six systems of Indian philosophy
The art of long, immersive pauses: What links Vinod Kumar Shukla to a 20th-century Carnatic singer
‘Test’ review: Testing times for the film’s characters and viewers
‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
April in nonfiction: Six new books about the complexities of the ever-evolving Indian experience
Kele ki machchli, moong dal ke shami kebab, atte ka keema: The faux ‘meat’ dishes of Kayasth cuisine
Reader’s guide: The opening lines of the six novels on the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist
A doctor’s biography: Opthalmologist Virender Singh Sangwan’s early years in studying the cornea
From the memoir: A longtime Indian Railways employee remembers her first posting at a remote station