Seeing out 2023: Six new nonfiction books that illustrate the hard (and hopeful) realities of India

Sayari Debnath

· Dec 02, 2023 · 07:30 am

From the biography: Meet constitutional lawyer MK Nambyar as an academically gifted schoolboy

KK Venugopal Suhrith Parthasarathy Suhasini Sen

· Nov 10, 2023 · 08:30 am

Grandiose visions, arrested development: A biography considers the contradictions of being Elon Musk

Matthew Ricketson, The Conversation

· Nov 04, 2023 · 05:30 pm

An innovative new biography of Emperor Ashoka reads his life from his edicts alone

Nandan S Kaushik

· Nov 04, 2023 · 08:30 am

Gathering human skulls, reading ‘Anandamanth’: Revolutionary Rash Behari Bose’s childhood

Joseph McQuade

· Oct 27, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the biography: Anticolonial anarchist MPT Acharya’s exile in Paris as ‘Mr Bhayankaram’

Ole Birk Laursen

· Oct 25, 2023 · 08:30 am

How RK Narayan, a young graduate rejected by editors, took a leap of faith to become a writer

Indradeep Bhattacharyya

· Oct 06, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the biography: Why Indira Gandhi saw young Farooq Abdullah as the future leader of Kashmir

Ashwini Bhatnagar and RC Ganjoo

· Sep 27, 2023 · 08:30 am

The fascinating story of Sridhar Das, famed for his innovative illumination at community festivals

Samragngi Roy

· Aug 25, 2023 · 12:30 pm

From Sri Aurobindo’s biography: Who was Mirra Alfassa before she became ‘The Mother’?

Roshen Dalal

· Aug 14, 2023 · 08:30 am

This book tells the story of India’s first female physician Anandibai Joshee’s life – in verse

Shikha Malaviya

· Aug 02, 2023 · 08:30 am

From Jim Corbett’s biography: How a hunter of man-eating tigers became a legendary conservationist

Duff Hart-Davis

· Jul 04, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the President of India’s biography: How Puti became Droupadi Murmu

Sandeep Sahu

· Jun 19, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘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