@PKhaneka

Author of Read the World: The Best Books on Africa, Asia and Latin America. Former @guardian journalist, Zapatista, frequent flyer on Jefferson Airplane

 London
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Joined October 2020
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New edition of my book is out now (with shiny yellow cover!). Read the World recommends the best three books on more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America . #Travel #History #Reference ReadTheWorld.com
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Read The WORLD by Pushpinder Khaneka @PKhaneka tripfiction.com/read-the-wor… A Country-by-Country Guide to the best Books on Africa, Asia and Latin America
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Very good Matthew d’Ancona piece from the New World: Reading is the new resistance disq.us/t/4xc8p8f

Reading is the new resistance

In this age of rage, books restore to us what algorithms have removed – the ability to think as others think

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Shameless plug alert! If you're looking for presents for your family and 300 close friends … look no further. Send them packing on a literary journey across the globe with a copy of Read the World. #travel #books
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Despite being in the news recently, Yemen remains an enigma. These four books offer a deeper dive into the country. #yemen #history
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Whether spurred by wonder or wanderlust, cross continents and cultures as you read your way across the globe... #travel #history
𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩Fiction 📚🧳 #travelbybook@TripFiction8 Oct 2025
#ReadTheWorld: A Country-by-Country Guide to the best Books on Africa, Asia and Latin America by @PKhaneka tripfiction.com/read-the-wor… "..a gateway  to your literary and historical adventures.." #travelbybook
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Take a trip across the world while sitting on your sofa. My piece for the Guardian. #travel #fiction #history #historicalfiction #novels theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is...

As I read 200 books from different regions, I gained a clarity news reports seldom give, says journalist and author Pushpinder Khaneka

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Read your way across the world... and get to know it better> theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is...

As I read 200 books from different regions, I gained a clarity news reports seldom give, says journalist and author Pushpinder Khaneka

theguardian.com
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‘I’m looking for books that capture a nation’s spirit and reveal something of its soul’: camdennewjournal.co.uk/artic…

‘I’m looking for books that capture a nation’s spirit and reveal something of its soul’

Have you ever wondered what books best reflect various countries? Fear not, says Dan Carrier, as he talks to a much-travelled and well-read guide

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Pushpinder Khaneka retweeted
Sixteen Films@KenLoachSixteen26 Aug 2025
Congratulations Pushpinder - This is a must read!!!
Pushpinder Khaneka@PKhaneka17 Aug 2025
New edition of my book is out now (with shiny yellow cover!). Read the World recommends the best three books on more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America . #Travel #History #Reference ReadTheWorld.com
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michelawrong@michelawrong16 Aug 2025
I was delighted to see both "Do Not Disturb" and "It's Our Turn to Eat" - my books on Rwanda and Kenya - are included in this roundup of the best books on African, Asian and Latin American countries.
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Nobel peace laureate Maria Ressa: ‘In 2024, democracy could fall off a cliff’ #Philippines theguardian.com/books/2022/n…

Nobel peace laureate Maria Ressa: ‘In 2024, democracy could fall off a cliff’

The journalist, who is facing prison in the Philippines, talks about the dark side of social media and why truth is being eroded in politics

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I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for stage and updated for cost-of-living crisis theguardian.com/stage/2022/n…

I, Daniel Blake to be adapted for stage and updated for cost-of-living crisis

The story of a widowed joiner and a young single mother has been written by Dave Johns, who played the title role in Ken Loach’s 2016 film

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Rapper who protested over death of Mahsa Amini faces execution in Iran theguardian.com/global-devel…

Rapper who protested over death of Mahsa Amini faces execution in Iran

UN calls for international action as regime announces public trials for protesters and Iranian lawmakers seek harsh punishment

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Interesting piece by @shanti_das #Colombia ‘They think we’re terrorists’: Colombia’s female former guerrilla fighters find no peace theguardian.com/global-devel…

‘They think we’re terrorists’: Colombia’s female former guerrilla fighters find no peace

The 2016 ceasefire was supposed to help Farc’s ex-guerrillas reintegrate into society, but with little work and many having been murdered, fear stalks the camps

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A reminder that the eBook of Havana Fever by Leonardo Padura - translated by Peter Bush - is now only £1.99 (UK) and $2.99 (US)!
Bitter Lemon Press@bitterlemonpub31 Oct 2022
🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 From today until 7th November, to tie in with the @RandomTTours blog tour which starts tomorrow, the price of the eBook for 'Havana Fever' by Leonardo Padura will drop to £1.99 in the UK and $2.99 in the US. One week only! #ebooksale #Havana #translation
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Thousands of mosques targeted as Hindu nationalists try to rewrite India’s history theguardian.com/world/2022/o…

Thousands of mosques targeted as Hindu nationalists try to rewrite India’s history

Shamsi Jama Masjid, an 800-year-old mosque in Uttar Pradesh, is the latest flashpoint in a dispute that could eventually turn violent

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West Bank visitors ordered to register romances as Israel brings in strict rules theguardian.com/world/2022/o…

West Bank visitors ordered to register romances as Israel brings in strict rules

Curbs on people falling in love with a Palestinian among measures expected to stifle economy and academia and hit aid agencies

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Must-read #Colombia piece by @rachelbnolan lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n20/…
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Tsitsi Dangarembga (@EfieZethu) on Zimbabwe: ‘Every time we say it can’t get any worse, it does’ #Zimbabwe theguardian.com/global-devel…

Tsitsi Dangarembga on Zimbabwe: ‘Every time we say it can’t get any worse, it does’

After her peaceful activism led to a conviction for promoting violence, Zimbabwe’s most distinguished novelist contemplates the possibility of a life in exile

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