After an eight-year television hiatus, Rashami Desai returns with Sayoneee, playing ambitious entrepreneur Maya. In an exclusive chat with mid-day, she discussed changing portrayals of women, criticised the stretching of Anupamaa and questioned the industry’s attitude towards ageing female actors

Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the yatra was intended to engage with people and understand their concerns rather than deliver a one-way political message