Nonfiction
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This book studies the life of 16th-century poet Jan Gopal and his seminal work ‘Dadu Janma Lila’
David N Lorenzen Purushottam Agrawal
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Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces its nonfiction and fiction longlists for 2024
Scroll Staff
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Calcutta history: Harry Hobbs, British piano tuner, and forgotten chronicler of the city
Devasis Chattopadhyay
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NIF announces five-book shortlist for the 2024 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize for nonfiction
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From the memoir: Human rights activist Syeda Saiyidain Hameed writes about her role as a mother
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed
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A new book on Pakistani politics looks back at the freedom uprising in East Pakistan
Tahir Kamran
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A new book argues that all the major religions of the world have similar cores of spiritual teaching
Trilochan Sastry
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History of Hyderabad: How state support for education gave India its first vernacular university
Dinesh C Sharma
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From the memoir: What does a trainee do when he arrives 20 days too early for his first job?
V Raghunathan
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How Rakhaldas Banerji, who discovered the antiquity of Mohenjodaro, was embroiled in idol theft
Nayanjot Lahiri
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This book is a sister’s tribute to her brother, an army major who died in a road accident at 31
Vinod Kotwal
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Why Akbar was a staunch believer in sulh-e-kul or complete harmony among all faiths in his empire
Shazi Zaman
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First-person narrative: The brother of a Bangladeshi rape victim recalls his sister’s ostracisation
Sohana Manzoor
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A new book records the ways some cultures ostracise widows and in some cases deem them ‘unclean’
Mineke Schipper
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From the biography: Sociologist Irawati Karve’s first impressions of Berlin after World War One
Urmilla Deshpande Thiago Pinto Barbosa
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Despite provisioning for maternity leave, Indian workplaces are hostile to mothers. Why?
Saurabh Kirpal
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September global nonfiction: Six new books revisit events that changed the course of global history
Scroll Staff
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From the memoir: Ruchi Ghanashyam on being the first Indian woman diplomat posted in Islamabad
Ruchi Ghanashyam
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Translated Hindi nonfiction: ‘Bhartiya Rashtriya Aandolan Aur Rashtravad’, by Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib Ramesh Rawat
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Memoir: A police officer on how he competed in the Ironman triathlon despite suffering from cancer
Nidhin Valsan