Memoir
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Gang wars, unemployment, political violence: A journalist reports from the dark side of the Maldives
Daniel Bosley
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‘Finding My Self’: Activist Chand Kishore Saint’s memoir is an experiment with truth in practice
Jael Silliman
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From the memoir: A woman recalls how her husband’s illness rocked their marriage
Aisha Sarwari
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One of India’s first bureaucrats writes about working with both British and Indian governments
YN Varma
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From the memoir: A woman recalls how her childhood changed irrevocably after her brother’s suicide
Liana Mistry
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From the memoir: Mani Shankar Aiyar on his first election victory and a ‘half-life’ in politics
Mani Shankar Aiyar
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What Pakistan did to convince the Indian cricket team that it was safe to tour the country in 2004
Amrit Mathur
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What Pakistan did to convince the Indian cricket team that it was safe to tour the country in 2004
Amrit Mathur
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Interview: ‘Not seeing dyslexic, lesbian women thriving in India made it hard to see myself survive’
Sharif Rangnekar
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An Iraqi journalist watched Saddam’s statue being toppled. His war memoir de-centres the West
Cyma Hibri, The Conversation
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From the memoir: How a former advisor to the chief minister set up the Bihar Museum in Patna
Anjani Kumar Singh
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A former scientific advisor to the Indian government writes on working with various prime ministers
R Chidambaram Suresh Gangotra
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‘Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS’ is a celebration of the biggest boy band in the world
Niyati Bhat
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From the memoir: Surgeon who performed India’s first heart transplant in 1994 tells the story
P Venugopal Priya Sarkar
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From the memoir: An army wife on the uncertain days for families like hers during the Kargil War
Shikha Akhilesh Saxena
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From the memoir: An Afghan man’s dramatic escape from, and return to, his homeland
Baryalai Popalzai Kevin McLean
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From the memoir: A former IAS officer recalls his preparations for the UPSC examination
Rajan Kashyap
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An advisor to former PM Rajiv Gandhi recalls how a 1985 espionage scandal rocked Indian politics
Chinmaya R Gharekhan
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From the memoir: Transgender folk dancer Manjamma recalls her first guru and his lessons
B Manjamma Jogathi Harsha Bhat
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Non-fiction books in June: Histories, memoirs, and biographies for a new month of reading
Sayari Debnath