biography
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A new book shows us ways to read Shahryar’s life in his poetry, and poetry in his life
Nikhil Govind
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This book presents an intimate portrait of both the personal and political sides of Gauri Lankesh
Amulya B
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How a teenager from Bengal become a famous circus performer in 19th century Brazil
H Dutt
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The dinner, negotiations and audition that went into the casting of Priyanka Chopra in ‘Quantico’
Aseem Chhabra
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The First Muslim
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Priyanka Chopra’s story is ‘a blueprint for success and winning’, says biographer
Archana Nathan
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Robin Williams suffered from undiagnosed dementia in his last days, claims new biography
Scroll Staff
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A new illustrated biography of Indira Gandhi offers a visual treat but omits many of her key flaws
Karthik Shankar
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Sanjay Dutt’s objection to his ‘unauthorised biography’ reveals publishing’s friction with Bollywood
Harsimran Gill
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The official AR Rahman biography is being written, and will be out in early 2018
Scroll Staff
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‘Tragedy follows him everywhere:’ What I discovered while writing my book about Ramdev
Priyanka Pathak-Narain
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How Indira Gandhi gained love, gave up Oxford, and found her calling
Sagarika Ghose
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Decades before there was a World Yoga Day, this is how BKS Iyengar won India over with his yoga
Rashmi Palkhivala
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Born to run, from mental illness: What Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography really is about
Shreya Sen Handley
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The stories behind the story of Albert Camus’s ‘The Stranger’ (and how it came to be published)
Anu Kumar
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‘Fun and froth do not equal facile’: Nasir Husain’s biographer on the filmmaker’s legacy
Nandini Ramnath
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‘Rekha was honest about everything and Bollywood tried to tame her’: biographer Yasser Usman
Nandini Ramnath
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Notes from Salman Khan’s early years: Swimming lessons, pranks, and bodybuilding
Jasim Khan
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How Smita Patil put gravitas into the gravy
Maithili Rao