New Arrivals in Habitat Library & Research Centre

The following titles will be on display on the New Arrivals shelf until Till July 22, 2026. You are welcome to reserve a book, if you wish to borrow any of them. Reservations will be entertained on a first-come, first served basis and do remember that if you have reserved more than one title, you will be given preference only on one. May we remind you that now you can also reserve the books through WEBOPAC from our website: www.indiahabitat.org

Annuals & Yearbooks



Bharat 2026: a reference annual. --

New Delhi: New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 2026 (Reference)

Artificial Intelligence



Mastering AI: a survival guide to our superpowered future / Kahn, Jeremy.

-- London: Bedford Square Publishers, 2024

Autobiography, Biography and Memoir



Fly, wild swans: my mother, myself and China / Chang, Jung.

-- London: William Collins, 2025



We are our future: reflections on life / Ganguly, Ashok S.

-- Chennai: Westland Business, 2025

Cinema



Rare & unseen / Damle, Milind.

-- New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2026

Economics



The Art of spending money: simple choices for a richer life / Housel, Morgan.

-- Petersfield, Hampshire: Harriman House, 2025

Politics and Government



Diverse narratives and shared beliefs: classical to hybrid Deoband Islam in South Asia / Awasthi, Soumya.

-- Oxon: Routledge, 2026



Waste land: a world in permanent crisis / Kaplan, Robert D.

-- London: C Hurst & Co., 2025

Social Science



Liveable cities: reclaiming urban futures in an age of crisis / Kumar, Muadhuresh, ed.

-- Delhi: Bookwell, in association with People’s Resource Centre and Institute for Democracy and Sustainability, 2026


Memes for mummyji: making sense of post-smartphone India / Desai, Santosh.

-- Gurugram: HarperCollins, 2025

Authors’ Corner



Alphons, K.J. (A-0475)

The Winning formula: 52 ways to change your life. -- New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2024



Khanna, Ajay, ed. (A-5548) and Sharma, Rahul, ed. (CO-NP-0477-10)

The Policy pivot: inside India's strategic shift. -- New Delhi: Juggernaut, 2025

Award Winning Section



A Flag to live and die for: a short history of India's tricolour / Sarna, Navtej.

-- New Delhi: Aleph, 2026



After nations: the making and unmaking of a world order / Dasgupta, Rana.

-- Gurugram: Penguin Random House, 2026



The Finest hotel in Kabul: a people's history of Afghanistan / Doucet, Lyse.

-- London: Hutchinson Heinemann, 2025

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