Song check: ‘Saina’ anthem has music by Amaal Mallik and lyrics by Manoj Muntashir
Amole Gupte’s biopic of badminton champion Saina Nehwal stars Parineeti Chopra and Manav Kaul. Out in cinemas on March 26.

A new book brings a Rampur family’s culinary history and cherished recipes created by the matriarch
For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women’s writings
Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
A beginner’s guide to weight-lifting in the gym
How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design
A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
What India can learn from China: Dictatorship, democracy and the road not taken
Bihar voter roll revision: Why having to prove you are an Indian citizen is a nightmare
Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’