Next stop, wonderland: Trains on screens

Saturday August 17 2024

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Culture

Next stop, wonderland: Trains on screens

Savour this excerpt from Sopan Joshi’s delightful meditation on the matchless mango.

Recommendations for those who fell in love with the novel’s dark, gothic sensibility.

Here’s the splainer team’s recommended list of new releases to binge-watch.

The team recommends their favourite pods and vods—with an emphasis on the entertainment biz.

How a billionaire gained control over a city’s real estate—under the guise of slum redevelopment.

India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty and threatened to disrupt Pakistan’s water supply.

New data suggests a distant planet may host alien life—but is the biosignature a load of bs?

In part two, we look at the mainstreaming of the Manosphere—and its spread to our shores.