biography
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How Zohra Segal, 48-year-old mother of two, reinvented herself in London
Ritu Menon
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‘A for Prayagraj’: This biography of Allahabad is a modern story of an old city
Udbhav Agarwal
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The new biography of Agha Shahid Ali is a love letter to the poet but not a critical view of a life
Niyati Bhat
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How Kabir’s search for solitude is like modern humans’ search for privacy in totalitarian times
Purushottam Agrawal
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This biography of Agha Shahid Ali reads his life and his poetry together to join the dots
Manan Kapoor
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Ruttie: This biography reveals what we did not know about the woman who married Jinnah
Saad S Khan with Sara S Khan
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Ghalib in Banaras, Banaras in Ghalib: A new critical biography rereads the legendary poet’s life
Mehr Afshan Farooqi
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‘Black Spartacus’: A biography of the man who may have been the first great anti-colonialist leader
Dinyar Patel
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A voice beyond compare: The rich legacy of the legendary MS Subbulakshmi
Keshav Desiraju
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JBS Haldane’s life, via Samanth Subramanian’s biography, shows why scientists must be political too
Dinyar Patel
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Gandhi before Mahatma: What made the lawyer Mohandas Karamchand move to South Africa?
Raja Rao
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Ravi Shankar’s biographer Oliver Craske (rightly) foregrounds his music over his personal life
Keshav Desiraju
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Watch: Osho aide Anand Sheela talks about her authorised biography, ‘Nothing to Lose’
Scroll Staff
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Parveen Babi was ‘flesh-and-blood with contradictions, ambitions and aspirations’, says biographer
Nandini Ramnath
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Stayin’ alive: How Yasser Latif Hamdani fought Covid-19 and brain tumour to write Jinnah’s biography
Aisha Fayyazi Sarwari
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This biography of Manohar Parrikar is more hagiographic than critical, and silent where it matters
Pamela D’Mello
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Why this book on Safdar Hashmi’s death and life is a great start for the history of street theatre
Souradeep Roy
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How Ira Mukhoty’s biography of Akbar often uses unorthodox methods to chronicle a grand life story
Akshaj Awasthi
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‘Raya’: This biography of Krishnadevaraya is a love letter to the king from South India
Revanth Ukkalam
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The making of Akbar’s complicated harem, where Rajput women played a critical role
Ira Mukhoty