Memoir
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André Beteille (1934-2026): From the memoir – going to ‘city of dreams’ Calcutta as a young boy
André Beteille
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From the memoir: A corpse collector in Kerala buries those who have died an ‘unnatural death’
Vinu P Niyas Karem Ministhy S
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Business memoir: Former chairman Ashok Ganguly relives his career with Hindustan Lever
Ashok Ganguly
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From the memoir: How Viswanathan Anand’s mother found him a chess club for training in Manila
Viswanathan Anand
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From the memoir: A Dalit woman writer on domestic violence, casteism, and emotional subjugation
Sushila Takbhaure Deeba Zafir Preeti Dewan
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Bonding, emotional connections, family time: What led to the birth of gaming arcade SMAASH
Shripal Morakhia
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‘I wanted to write with feeling, but without sentimentality’: Anuradha Roy on her Himalaya memoir
Neha Kirpal
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From the memoir: A daughter wonders about how to reconcile with her capricious mother in her old age
Rani Neutill
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‘The Outsider’: Stand-up comic Vir Das’s memoir is expectedly funny and unexpectedly earnest
Debasmita Bhowmik
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From the memoir: Writer Mannu Bhandari recalls her childhood memories of her temperamental father
Mannu Bhandari Poonam Saxena
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From the memoir: Chef Suvir Saran writes about meeting his future partner in a cooking class
Suvir Saran
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‘I’m not a raja, I’m just Rajendra’: Nayi Kahani pioneer Rajendra Yadav writes in his memoir
Rajendra Yadav Poonam Saxena
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What shopping for wigs during her chemotherapy taught Pallavi Aiyar about the global hair trade
Pallavi Aiyar
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In singer Bijoya Chaudhuri’s autobiography, a life in music through Sylhet, London, Bombay, Calcutta
Bijoya Chaudhuri Rosinka Chaudhuri
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From the memoir: Bookseller Ajay Jain writes about his childhood in Delhi’s St Columba’s School
Ajay Jain
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‘A Return to Self’: Aatish Taseer’s memoir of world travel reflects the enigmas of today’s India
Shakir Mir
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Business history: How RK Malhotra created the iconic ‘Topaz’ blade that could be found in every home
Reenita Malhotra Hora
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‘Serene and industrious’: Prabhudas Gandhi recalls working on a newspaper with his uncle, MK Gandhi
Prabhudas Gandhi Hemang Ashwinkumar
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‘The Cell and the Soul’: The mirror to Indian democracy in Anand Teltumbde’s prison memoir
Ankush Pal
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Book excerpt: Piyush Mishra resorts to desperate measures to earn a writing credit on a film
Piyush Mishra