| | | The Ukraine crisis figured extensively in talks on Saturday between visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said that India has insisted the situation be resolved through dialogue and stands ready to contribute to any peace process. | THE DAILY QUIZ Oh my God, they’re back again. Name the five-member boy band, formed in 1993, who delivered hits such as Quit Playing Games and As Long As you Love me. You can catch their gig in Delhi and Mumbai in May. It’s not Boyzone. a. Nsync
b. One Direction
c. BTS
d. Backstreet Boys TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY PM Modi, Scholz discuss Ukraine, G20 presidency The Ukraine crisis figured extensively in talks on Saturday between visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said that India has insisted the situation be resolved through dialogue and stands ready to contribute to any peace process. The Ukraine war entered its second year on February 24. Scholz described the conflict as a “major catastrophe” because it violated the principle of not changing borders by using violence and, in an apparent reference to India’s abstention in Ukraine-related votes at the United Nations, he told a joint media interaction it is important for countries to state very clearly where they stand on the war at the world body. Read more. | | | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Bark, with a bold type: The font that grew on a tree There’s a new experimental typeface in the world of typography, and it was grown on a tree. We’ll explain. In 2016, Danish designer Bjørn Karmann, carved out the 29 letters of the Danish Alphabet (26 from English and three additional Danish ones), onto the bark of a beech tree. He chose a geometric sans-serif font family by Laurenz Brunner, “though as I used tracing paper to transfer the font on to the tree, it had already begun its first journey of change,” he says. Then he stood back and watched. Over the next five years, he returned to the tree every year, to observe and document what had happened to his carvings. Read more. |  | | THE WEEKEND FIX Inner piece: The final secrets of the human genome Humanity just got a new pair of glasses. Powerful ones. They let us see deeper and clearer inside ourselves than ever before, and understand what makes us different from everyone else, and what makes us all a single species, different from everything else on Earth. But wait a minute. Hadn’t we mapped the human genome already? Yes and no. The first draft of the human genome was released in 2001. It was a path-breaking first step. But the full blueprint of what constituted a human being was far was complete. By 2003, a team of international scientists announced they had sequenced 92% of it – enough to fire up research into inherited traits, and predispositions to certain diseases. Read more. | | ALWAYS AT THE MOVIES BY ANUPAMA CHOPRA Courtesans that fired up Bollywood Where courtesans were queens. This is the tagline of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest magnum opus – a series for Netflix called Heeramandi. The series, which is likely to premiere early next year, tells the story of a group of courtesans in pre-Independence India. The poster was recently unveiled in the presence of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and features six actresses, including Manisha Koirala, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sonakshi Sinha, resplendent in similar attire and heavy jewels. The visuals scream sensuality, beauty and poetry, but the series of shots also suggest damage and sadness. We understand instantly that these are women who have endured. Read more. | | HT This Day: February 26, 1954 Naguib resigns all posts The first act of the new leader was to proclaim a state of emergency. He has succeeded Gen. Read more. | | | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Shahana Yasmin. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
