An excerpt from ‘No. 1 Akashganga Lane: The First Novel about the Gig Workers of Kolkata’ by Ashoke Mukhopadhyay, translated from the Bengali by Zenith Roy.

States differ in requirements for bar admission. Most states require a state-specific test in addition to a universal test. The new NextGen exam will replace the universal test in most states by 2028.

Penning or Kidai in Tamil is the ancient act of leaving livestock on agricultural fields enabling cattle dung left in the field to fertilise the soil naturally.