Nonfiction
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This book asks whether history lessons in schools and colleges can play a role in promoting peace
Krishna Kumar
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How did visitors to Hitler’s Germany in the 1930s view the rise of Nazi power? Was it a threat?
Julia Boyd
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How common people rose against violence during the 2002 riots in Gujarat at great personal cost
Teesta Setalvad
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Hard work, sacrifice, gender: What the visceral afterlife of the Partition in India reveals
Pranav Kohli
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‘India’s non-religions’: When faith meant believing in flourishing in this world, not the afterlife
Rajeev Bhargava
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Marital rape: This book highlights sexual violence against women in marriages and relationships
Joanna Bourke
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A new book explores the kind of attitude that can bring personal and professional success
Adam Ashton Adam Jones
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Can graves be an important key for understanding the ideology of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
Akinori Uesugi
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‘Sawaneh-i Dehli’: An important book that shows the hold of colonialism on the minds of its subjects
Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
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In a new book, a CEO puts out his mantra for making the most of time and opportunities
Floyd Woodrow
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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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A new book explains how global digital networks accumulate data and turn into uncontrollable systems
David B Auerbach
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A new book makes the 2000-year-old Patanjali text about yoga and asanas accessible to children
Roopa Pai
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This book is a study of birders and birds in the NCR, and how they have evolved over the years
Sudhir Vyas
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Nonfiction reads for July: Six books about Indians who shaped Indian history and culture
Sayari Debnath
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Nonfiction: A doctor’s real-life stories about the triumphs and trauma of infertility and parenthood
Anjali Malpani
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A former royal correspondent offers insights into the rule of the British monarch King Edward VII
Stephen Bates
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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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A new book explains how the Covid-19 pandemic widened the economic gap between rich and poor nations
Arun Kumar
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Can human beings actually ‘smell’ fear? A new book says yes
Paola Totaro Robert Wainwright