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HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s reading list includes a book that looks at the names of many streets and localities in Delhi while attempting to decode what the act of naming and renaming means, a volume on how India helped Bangladesh freedom fighters liberate their country, and an anthology of short stories by women writers from India and across the world. (HT Team)
Updated on Nov 26, 2021 10:53 IST

Review: The Art of a Happy Exit by K Srikrishna

The joy of the happy exit! (Shutterstock)
Published on Nov 25, 2021 07:10 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on the people, culture and politics of Haryana and its evolution from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, another on the musical universe of Laxmikant-Pyarelal, and a history of the political thought that laid the foundations of modern India and which looks at how ideas can drive historical transformation. (HT Team)
Published on Nov 19, 2021 13:50 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s good reads include a book on colonial Indian brands, another that looks at four encounters critical to understanding Nehru’s ideas, and one on viruses. (HT Team)
Published on Nov 12, 2021 12:06 IST

Review: The Blind Matriarch by Namita Gokhale

The universal nature of family ties: A woman with her grandchild. (Melanie Dornier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Published on Nov 12, 2021 11:39 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of good reads includes a novel about an Indian family fleeing Uganda in the 1970s, a cookbook, and a book that features tips on how to stay productive beyond 75. (HT Team)
Published on Nov 5, 2021 12:36 IST

Review: Karachi Vice by Samira Shackle

An aerial view of Charminar Roundabout in Karachi. (Shutterstock)
Published on Nov 5, 2021 12:34 IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week, a biography of one of India’s greatest filmmakers, a book on the Ramayana tradition among the tribes of Wayanad, and another that looks at the rise of Hindutva and the idea of the ethnic democracy. (HT Team)
Published on Oct 29, 2021 13:02 IST

Essay: Sally Rooney, boycott and symbolism

Sally Rooney at the 2019 Costa Book Awards in London, England. (Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
Updated on Oct 26, 2021 08:12 IST