Memoir
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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
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The true story of a Pakistani man’s five years in terrorist captivity and astonishing escape
Shahbaz Taseer
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From the memoir: Sidhartha Mallya recalls going through his parents’ divorce as a nine-year-old
Sidhartha Mallya
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‘If the food is over salted, the cook must be in love’: Ranajit Guha, the man behind the historian
Mechthild Guha
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‘What’s the story?’: Writer Sara Suleri’s student discovers his teacher afresh in her memoir
Ajay Gandhi
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This book records the adventures of a single woman as she looks around the world for the perfect man
Kainaz Jussawalla
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HCL co-founder Ajai Chowdhry recalls in his memoir how the brand achieved success in its early days
Ajai Chowdhry
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From an army man’s memoir: A bad volleyball game and why one must hurt one’s ego to make progress
Rajpal Punia
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‘All I desired was to escape at all costs’: An author-activist recalls his first days in Mumbai
Yogesh Maitreya
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‘Why Am I Like This?’: Judy Balan’s cosmic take on self-discovery is a wellness manual for everyone
Priyanka Mookerjee
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New in nonfiction: Six recently published books to better understand contemporary India
Sayari Debnath