‘The Queen’s Gambit’ trailer: Netflix series stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a troubled chess genius
Directed by Scott Frank and based on Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel, the limited series will be premiered on October 23.

UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR
After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families
‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches
Talented Indians thought they could make Germany home, but many want to move on now
Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat
Fiction pick: An elderly Bengali couple cannot decide what to feed their son-in-law on Jamai Shashti
Start the week with a film: ‘Mountainhead’ is a grim satire about tech billionaires