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HT Picks; New Reads

On HT’s list of interesting books this week is one on how technology changes our lives, another on revolutionizing prevention of disease, and a novel that explores the consequence of remembering your history. (HT Team)
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 11:34 IST

Review: Migrants by Sam Miller

Migrants who undertook the crossing from France to UK in small boats beingg picked up in the English Channel. ((AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File))
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 11:32 IST

The burble of words on the water

Word on the Water is a bookstore in a 1920s Dutch barge on Regent’s Canal. It’s moored at Granary Square in London. (Courtesy Word on the Water)
Updated on Jun 22, 2023 15:34 IST

Report: Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh 2023

The audience at the Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh 2023 (Rakesh Sinha)
Updated on Jun 22, 2023 12:11 IST

Review: Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang

140,000 Chinese labourers (as a part of the British Army, the Chinese Labour Corps) served for both British and French forces in World War 1. ‘The Last Front’, the novel within Yellowface, is about the ill-treatment of those labourers. (Chatham House via Wikimedia Commons)
Updated on Jun 19, 2023 13:40 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s interesting reads includes a volume on how seaweed could allow us to better feed human beings and mitigate global warming, a cook book that celebrates quick, healthy foods prepared with minimal fuss, and the autobiography of the man who revolutionised the electoral process in India. (HT Team)
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 13:24 IST

Essay: The Cape of Silent Hope

A view of the idyllic town of Stellenbosch in South Africa. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Jun 16, 2023 11:06 IST

Hansa Wadkar – a woman ahead of her time

Actor Hansa Wadkar (Wikimedia Commons)
Updated on Jun 15, 2023 12:40 IST

Book Box: Didn't finish your book? It's okay

Unfinished Business
Published on Jun 10, 2023 14:10 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

HT’s pick of interesting reads includes a book on eight women who recorded the birth of India and its aftermath, another that presents the true spirit of Islam, and an elephantine story about friendship, courage and human greed. (HT Team)
Updated on Jun 9, 2023 13:45 IST

Review: Manjhi’s Mayhem byTanuj Solanki

The city skyline viewed from Bandra Reclamation in Mumbai. (Pratik Chorge/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jun 9, 2023 13:34 IST