‘Yuvarathnaa’ trailer: Puneeth Rajkumar plays the saviour of a college on the verge of privatisation
Santhosh Ananddram’s Kannada film also stars Prakash Raj, Sayyeshaa Saigal and Sonu Gowda. Out on Amazon Prime Video.

Ramachandra Guha: Ignored by the ‘national’ media, a disaster is unfolding in Great Nicobar
Beyond the hype, millet cultivation is a challenge
A new book studies ancient texts and ideas to identify six systems of Indian philosophy
‘Sita in Exile’: A novel about gender expectations of women in the Ramayana (and the modern world)
Lessons in not-so-free speech from Kunal Kamra, ‘L2: Empuraan’ cases
A new book examines the role of the Indian man at home, and his dependence on his family and wife
Jane Austen at 250: Shashi Deshpande on the ‘perfect artist’ who reinvented the novel
‘Test’ review: Testing times for the film’s characters and viewers
India’s passport ranking drops to 148 among 199 countries
How Madhya Pradesh is using ‘externment’ provisions to curb activism, dissent