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HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a memoir of a fifty-year engagement with public action, a book on the south Asian explorers who documenting large swathes of central Asia and Tibet, and the story of VS Naipaul’s family in Trinidad. (HT Team)

books

Published on Jun 07, 2024 09:50 pm IST

A medical cadre for correctional homes

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Prisoners at an open jail in Jaipur in 2006.

opinion

Published on May 09, 2024 10:00 pm IST

Are any socialists left in Indian politics?

Narendra Deva, Jayaprakash Narayan (above), Kamaladevi, Ram Manohar Lohia and their colleagues were hugely attractive personally but also hugely fragile politically

columns

Updated on Oct 13, 2020 06:16 am IST

In absence of Parliament session, social activists start consultation on key policy issues

The monsoon session of Parliament has been delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

india news

Updated on Aug 19, 2020 03:51 pm IST

Mixed response to SC order on eviction of forest dwellers

While some non-government organisations urged the SC to withdraw the order till a proper rehabilitation policy is drawn up, others welcomed the order saying the law had resulted in “fragmentation” of forest land.

india news

Updated on Feb 22, 2019 07:07 am IST

Civil society outfits in poll-bound Rajasthan submit people’s demands to political parties

More than 100 organisations and about 1500 people took part in Jan Manch programme in Jaipur on October 30, 2018. They took a pledge that they will not vote based on caste and religion and will not be lured by parties.

rajasthan assembly election 2018

Updated on Nov 02, 2018 09:27 am IST