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‘Iru’: A biography in motion about anthropologist Irawati Karve, who lived life on her own terms
Ipshita Mitra
· Nov 02, 2024 · 08:30 am
From the biography: How Bombay’s diverse architectural landscape inspired architect Charles Correa
Mustansir Dalvi
· Oct 25, 2024 · 08:30 am
From the biography: Why BR Ambedkar became a Buddhist (and the changes he wanted in the religion)
Anand Teltumbde
· Oct 07, 2024 · 08:30 am
Writer R Raj Rao on why biographies of living poets are crucial to understanding their work
R Raj Rao
· Oct 04, 2024 · 08:30 am
Why former Chief Justice of India AM Ahmadi’s granddaughter wrote his biography
Insiyah Vahanvaty
· Sep 30, 2024 · 08:30 am
‘The Life and Work of Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar’: A biography of a brave anti-caste Devadasi
Kavitha Muralidharan
· Sep 28, 2024 · 08:30 am
From the biography: Legendary civil engineer M Visvesvaraya enters national politics in the 1920s
Aparajith Ramnath
· Sep 13, 2024 · 08:30 am
From the biography: Sociologist Irawati Karve’s first impressions of Berlin after World War One
Urmilla Deshpande Thiago Pinto Barbosa
· Sep 12, 2024 · 08:30 am
The early years of Nandlal Kapur, the young Indian recruited as a British spy in the 1920s
Enakshi Sengupta
· Sep 03, 2024 · 08:30 am
Biography: How Coomar Narain made a career of leaking confidential bureaucratic documents
Kallol Bhattacharjee
· Aug 01, 2024 · 08:30 am
Translated into Hindi: An excerpt from ‘Ambedkar: Ek Jeevan’ by Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor Amresh Dwivedi
· Jul 19, 2024 · 06:30 pm
Why did Bal Gangadhar Tilak start a ‘private English school’ in the late 19th century?
Vaibhav Purandare
· Jul 03, 2024 · 08:30 am
Why was footballer David Beckham ignored for knighthood? An investigative writer looks for answers
Tom Bower
· Jul 02, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Biography: The life and times of firebrand artist Safdar Hashmi, and the legacy he left behind
Anjum Katyal
· Jul 01, 2024 · 08:30 am
‘Ebrahim Alkazi’: The meteoric rise of an artist who shaped contemporary theatre aesthetics in India
Swati Rai
· Jun 29, 2024 · 07:30 am
Biography: The life of Kargil hero Neikezhakuo Kengurüse, who received a posthumous Maha Vir Chakra
Neha Dwivedi Diksha Dwivedi
· Jun 24, 2024 · 08:30 am
How former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur democratised education by making English non-compulsory
Santosh Singh Aditya Anmol
· May 30, 2024 · 08:30 am
How Rukmini Devi Arundale modernised the Kalakshetra sari and made ‘Ahimsa silk’ fashionable
VR Devika
· May 27, 2024 · 01:30 pm
‘Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay’: This biography presents a women’s rights champion ahead of her times
Saleem Rashid Shah
· May 18, 2024 · 07:30 am
For children: What was physicist Satyendranath Bose’s childhood in Calcutta like?
Swati Sengupta
· May 13, 2024 · 01:30 pm
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