Biography
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The fascinating story of Sridhar Das, famed for his innovative illumination at community festivals
Samragngi Roy
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From Sri Aurobindo’s biography: Who was Mirra Alfassa before she became ‘The Mother’?
Roshen Dalal
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This book tells the story of India’s first female physician Anandibai Joshee’s life – in verse
Shikha Malaviya
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From Jim Corbett’s biography: How a hunter of man-eating tigers became a legendary conservationist
Duff Hart-Davis
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From the President of India’s biography: How Puti became Droupadi Murmu
Sandeep Sahu
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‘Vajpayee’: This biography uncovers facts and examines myths with rare nuance and incisiveness
Narayani Basu
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A new biography of Telugu Desam founder NTR explores his transformation from film star to politician
Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla
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Non-fiction books in June: Histories, memoirs, and biographies for a new month of reading
Sayari Debnath
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In his early days in the RSS, Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted minors to be banned from watching films
Abhishek Choudhary
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From the biography: JC Bose’s brief encounter with medicine and the fever that forced him to quit
Meher Wan
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How Ashrafunnisa Begum, who set up the first girl’s school in Lahore, educated herself in secret
Muhammadi Begum
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Maulana Azad: A new biography visits the life of the man who became India’s first education minister
S Irfan Habib
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For young readers: A new biography of star athlete Milkha Singh aka The Flying Sikh
Swati Sengupta
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Five lesser-known facts about Harry and Meghan from a new audiobook by a biographer of the royals
Lady Colin Campbell
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This biography of Nirmal Verma’s literature focuses on his writing rather than his personal life
Kinshuk Gupta
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Akshay Mukul’s biography of Agyeya is a nuanced journey through the writer’s fascinating life
Priyanka Dubey
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What is ‘Fridamania’? A new book examines the imitations and reinvention of Frida Kahlo and her art
Gaby Franger
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Nirmal Verma: Vineet Gil’s biography reconstructs the writer from the elements of his life
Vineet Gill
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A new book offers an inside view of what makes Gautam Adani different from other Indian businessmen
RN Bhaskar
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Does Shashi Tharoor’s new biography of BR Ambedkar throw new light on Babasaheb’s politics?
Shashi Tharoor