Nonfiction
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Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Bazar Mein Khada Darshanik’, by Gyanranjan and Kamla Prasad
Gyanranjan Kamla Prasad
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‘Corruption Plots’, published by India’s Yoda Press, wins 2024 CUAA Antony Leeds Book Prize
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Biography: Ayyappa Paniker left an indelible mark on academia, Malayalam literature, and his mentees
Priyadas G Mangalath Radhika P Menon
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How middle-class women led the movement to demand a change in rape laws in post-Independence India
Manisha Pande
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Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Hindu Ekta Banaam Gyan Ki Rajneeti’, by Abhay Kumar Dubey
Abhay Kumar Dubey
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A new book records the difficulties farmers face when working under the NREGA scheme
Indrajit Roy Zaheeb Ajmal Ankur Jaiswal
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A new book asks whether India is up to the challenge of lifting participation in the workforce
Pratap Padode
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How the 1958 Mundhra scam exposed the nexus between LIC, the bureaucracy and rogue businessmen
Bhaswar Mukherjee
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‘It has the power to provoke’: Theatre director Sunil Shanbag on the dilemma the medium faces today
Githa Hariharan
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A book of real-life accounts from the Indian Air Force honours those who took part in the 1962 war
Arijit Ghosh
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Family history: A writer investigates why her great-grandfather chose to sail to South Africa
Amrita Shah
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November global nonfiction: Start a new month with these recent books, including Orhan Pamuk’s
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A new book investigates poet Mustafa Zaidi’s death, still a subject of controversy in Pakistan
Saba Imtiaz Tooba Masood-Khan
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How Gandhi, Nehru, and the rest of the world reacted to the news that Subhash Chandra Bose had died
Anuj Dhar Chandrachur Ghose
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‘I’m a mother to you’: Mahatma Gandhi to Manu Gandhi when she came to stay at the ashram with him
Manu Gandhi Tridip Suhrud
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Why Nawab Wajid Ali Shah appointed his lovers to important positions in his court
Arul Paul Sonal Mithal
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November nonfiction: Six recently published books about triumphs and disagreements in Indian history
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Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest announces longlists in five categories for its 2024 book awards
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A new book tries to understand the ‘confidence gap’ between men and women and its social effects
Vivek Nityananda
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What explains the rapid rise in entrepreneurship among Indian women? This book looks for answers
Saurabh Mukherjea Nandita Rajhansa