‘Pretend It’s a City’ trailer: Martin Scorsese directs documentary on writer Fran Lebowitz
Out on Netflix on January 8.

The challenges of makhana’s rapidly rising appeal in india
Homes turned to rubble, Kashmiri militants’ families question ‘collective punishment’
Thriller: Every student in an elite Noida school is a suspect when a schoolmate is killed
India’s complex history cannot be wished away through textbook revisions – it must be confronted
Centre removes Krishnamurthy Subramanian as IMF board nominee six months before end of tenure
Hindi: The ‘national language’ that marginalises its own
‘Hot Water’: Bhavika Govil’s debut novel movingly constructs a child’s fragile yet resilient world
‘Black White & Gray’ review: A gripping dissection of the true crime genre
Ramachandra Guha: In wake of Pahalgam, recalling Nehru’s advice on resisting Pakistan’s provocations
May nonfiction: Six newly published books that present the many ways of seeing India