Coucal hiding in kikar #Gurgaon

"Earlier, Indians measured time by the 24 minute 'ghati' and used water clocks. Colonialism brought the 60 minute hour and mechanical clock towers" - Debashis Das, author, Clock Towers of India, on the many fantastic clock towers across the country. Link in thread @niyogibooks #podcast

Also on the page are pointers to this week's Books &Authors podcast with Debasish Das, author, Clock Towers of India, and to a review of @TheBookerPrizes shortlisted Things We Never Say by @LizStrout @niyogibooks

The lead pic marks 75 years since China's invasion of Tibet. It shows Chinese troops assembling for the invasion in 1950. The small Tibetan army was decimated. The government of Tibet signed the Seventeen Point Agreement which was ratified by the 14th Dalai Lama on Oct 24 1951.

This week's pick of interesting reads on @htTweets includes books by @livetowrite , Justin McCarthy, and Aili Seghetti @WestlandBooks @BloomsburyIndia @juggernautbooks

On the @htTweets Books page today, reviews of Sleep Journeys by Azra Abbas, translated from the Urdu by Daisy Rockwell, and Operation Silkyara: The Untold Story of One of India's Greatest Rescue Missions by @saurabhsherry + an interview with @ruthvikarao, author, All Our Evenings @juggernautbooks @PenguinIndia

Blister beetle on a bush morning glory Ipomoea carnea urf besharm cos it grows everywhere lol native to tropical America #weedoftheday #gurgaon

Got on my bike after ages today. Weather's getting better; hope everything else wl too.🤞Pic 2 is me in biker hijab with Dilli's rakshasas - the paper ones 😉 Pic 3 is cos I want every1 to see my tshirt which says "I work hard cos I want my dog to have a better life" #sachh