The pop-up megacity: how the Kumbh Mela prepared for 660m Hindu devotees
Wendy Ide's film of the week
Sister Midnight review – deliciously macabre Mumbai marriage-gone-wrong black comedy
The big picture
The big picture: a pioneering Indian skater girl shows off her prized board
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal
Pakistan accuses India of sponsoring militant terror group after train hijacking
US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Sister Midnight review – Mumbai-set comic horror finds the terror in arranged marriage
How not to be deported: India’s nurses seeking work abroad learn how to migrate safely
Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows
The Guardian view on Modi redrawing India’s electoral map: deepening a dangerous north-south divide
Two men arrested in India over alleged rape of Israeli and local woman
Could Elon Musk’s newfound political influence help him finally crack India?
Indian rock sensations Bloodywood: ‘What’s more metal than standing up for people you love?’
British activist Jagtar Singh Johal acquitted in India terror trial
‘I focus on the person, not the disability’: the photographer on a mission to make India inclusive
February 2025
Indian cinema chain sued by film-goer over lengthy pre-film ads
Court orders compensation to be paid to 30-year-old from Bangalore, saying ‘in the new era, time is considered as money, each one’s time is very precious’
Book of the day
Deviants by Santanu Bhattacharya; The South by Tash Aw review – love under the eye of the law
Two contrasting but equally impressive Asia-set coming-of-age novels explore gay teenagers navigating their nascent sexuality against the backdrop of personal and political upheavals
‘It shatters my heart’: the slow death of India’s once-famous Urdu book bazaar
Fighter jets escort flight from New York to Rome following security concern
Musk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestorm
