‘Vajpayee’: This biography uncovers facts and examines myths with rare nuance and incisiveness

Narayani Basu

· Jun 18, 2023 · 07:30 am

A new biography of Telugu Desam founder NTR explores his transformation from film star to politician

Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla

· Jun 06, 2023 · 08:30 am

Non-fiction books in June: Histories, memoirs, and biographies for a new month of reading

Sayari Debnath

· Jun 03, 2023 · 03:30 pm

In his early days in the RSS, Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted minors to be banned from watching films

Abhishek Choudhary

· May 10, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the biography: JC Bose’s brief encounter with medicine and the fever that forced him to quit

Meher Wan

· Mar 27, 2023 · 08:30 am

How Ashrafunnisa Begum, who set up the first girl’s school in Lahore, educated herself in secret

Muhammadi Begum

· Feb 27, 2023 · 08:30 am

Maulana Azad: A new biography visits the life of the man who became India’s first education minister

S Irfan Habib

· Feb 03, 2023 · 08:30 am

For young readers: A new biography of star athlete Milkha Singh aka The Flying Sikh

Swati Sengupta

· Jan 31, 2023 · 05:30 pm

Five lesser-known facts about Harry and Meghan from a new audiobook by a biographer of the royals

Lady Colin Campbell

· Dec 22, 2022 · 05:30 pm

This biography of Nirmal Verma’s literature focuses on his writing rather than his personal life

Kinshuk Gupta

· Nov 20, 2022 · 12:30 pm

Akshay Mukul’s biography of Agyeya is a nuanced journey through the writer’s fascinating life

Priyanka Dubey

· Nov 19, 2022 · 08:30 am

What is ‘Fridamania’? A new book examines the imitations and reinvention of Frida Kahlo and her art

Gaby Franger

· Nov 03, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Nirmal Verma: Vineet Gil’s biography reconstructs the writer from the elements of his life

Vineet Gill

· Oct 26, 2022 · 08:30 am

A new book offers an inside view of what makes Gautam Adani different from other Indian businessmen

RN Bhaskar

· Oct 24, 2022 · 08:30 am

Does Shashi Tharoor’s new biography of BR Ambedkar throw new light on Babasaheb’s politics?

Shashi Tharoor

· Oct 12, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘Growing Up Karanth’ is a personal sketch of Shivarama Karanth’s life as remembered by his children

Nikhil Govind

· Sep 17, 2022 · 08:30 am

How the firebrand revolutionary Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan Sastri became the writer Agyeya

Akshay Mukul

· Sep 06, 2022 · 08:30 am

How Shivaji’s latest biographer researched the life story of the Maratha emperor

Vaibhav Purandare

· Aug 28, 2022 · 08:30 am

Jagadish Chandra Bose: The first complete biography investigates his life as well as his science

Kunal Ghosh

· Jul 04, 2022 · 08:30 am

Charu Majumdar: A new biography imagines the CPIM(L) leader’s interrogation by the police

Ashok Mukhopadhyay

· Jun 06, 2022 · 08:30 am