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I recently finished reading, “The Henna Artist” by Alka Joshi. It’s a great book and I have moved on to the sequel, “The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.”
Started reading: The Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates. Really enjoying it so far.
I’m mainly re-reading a collection of essays on history of tea, published by a local sinology club about 30 years ago. It centers around discussions of **The Classic of Tea: Origins & Rituals, by Lu Yü** and its adaptations.
**The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569 – 1999, by Timothy Snyder**
History of nationalism in Central/Eastern Europe. It’s fascinating how nationalism has transformed from a bourgeois ideology to practically opium of the masses over the course of little more than a century. Also, the ethnic cleansings around WW2 were apparently much broader than I thought, as self-proclaimed “communists” readily adopted far-right ethnic nationalism. Screw ’em.
**Understanding the Digital World: What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security, by Brian W. Kernighan**
Highly recommended book on a very important subject. It’s based on a course for students in other, non-technical fields, i.e., aimed at laypeople and provide them with basics to be grounded in reality when dealing with ICT (you know, like when legislators push nonsensical policy that deals with online security etc.). But even as someone with a compsci background, it’s interesting to see perspectives of an industry legend.