Biography
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Translated Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Anna Bhau Sathe’, by Vishwas Patil
Vishwas Patil Suresh Maheshwari
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From the biography: Why particle physicist Ashutosh Kotwal took up a summer job at IBM as a student
Manik Kotwal Jerry Pinto
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Hindi biography: Excerpt from ‘Karpoori Thakur: Jannayak Se Bharat Ratn Tak’, by Harinarayan Thakur
Harinarayan Thakur
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From the biography: When DLF CEO KP Singh fell out of favour with an important minister
KP Singh Aparna Jain
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Biography: Ayyappa Paniker left an indelible mark on academia, Malayalam literature, and his mentees
Priyadas G Mangalath Radhika P Menon
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NIF Prize-winner ‘A Part Apart’: A milestone on publisher Navayana’s 21-year journey with Ambedkar
Alex George Anand
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For children: Boxer Mary Kom’s journey from a childhood of hardships to an Olympic medal
Swayam Ganguly
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Ashok Gopal wins Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize for his Ambedkar biography ‘A Part Apart’
Scroll Staff
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A new book investigates poet Mustafa Zaidi’s death, still a subject of controversy in Pakistan
Saba Imtiaz Tooba Masood-Khan
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‘Iru’: A biography in motion about anthropologist Irawati Karve, who lived life on her own terms
Ipshita Mitra
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From the biography: How Bombay’s diverse architectural landscape inspired architect Charles Correa
Mustansir Dalvi
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From the biography: Why BR Ambedkar became a Buddhist (and the changes he wanted in the religion)
Anand Teltumbde
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Writer R Raj Rao on why biographies of living poets are crucial to understanding their work
R Raj Rao
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Why former Chief Justice of India AM Ahmadi’s granddaughter wrote his biography
Insiyah Vahanvaty
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‘The Life and Work of Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar’: A biography of a brave anti-caste Devadasi
Kavitha Muralidharan
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From the biography: Legendary civil engineer M Visvesvaraya enters national politics in the 1920s
Aparajith Ramnath
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From the biography: Sociologist Irawati Karve’s first impressions of Berlin after World War One
Urmilla Deshpande Thiago Pinto Barbosa
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The early years of Nandlal Kapur, the young Indian recruited as a British spy in the 1920s
Enakshi Sengupta
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Biography: How Coomar Narain made a career of leaking confidential bureaucratic documents
Kallol Bhattacharjee
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Translated into Hindi: An excerpt from ‘Ambedkar: Ek Jeevan’ by Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor Amresh Dwivedi