October nonfiction picks: Six recent books that look at aspects of Indian history through new lenses

Sayari Debnath

· Sep 30, 2023 · 12:30 pm

When Dev Anand was mistaken for a taxi driver

Dev Anand

· Sep 26, 2023 · 07:45 am

From the memoir: ‘I don’t remember my mother crying or feeling lost after my father’s death’

K Saradamoni

· Sep 22, 2023 · 08:30 am

Gang wars, unemployment, political violence: A journalist reports from the dark side of the Maldives

Daniel Bosley

· Sep 19, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘Finding My Self’: Activist Chand Kishore Saint’s memoir is an experiment with truth in practice

Jael Silliman

· Sep 17, 2023 · 03:30 pm

From the memoir: A woman recalls how her husband’s illness rocked their marriage

Aisha Sarwari

· Sep 12, 2023 · 01:30 pm

One of India’s first bureaucrats writes about working with both British and Indian governments

YN Varma

· Sep 11, 2023 · 01:30 pm

From the memoir: A woman recalls how her childhood changed irrevocably after her brother’s suicide

Liana Mistry

· Sep 07, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the memoir: Mani Shankar Aiyar on his first election victory and a ‘half-life’ in politics

Mani Shankar Aiyar

· Sep 04, 2023 · 08:30 am

What Pakistan did to convince the Indian cricket team that it was safe to tour the country in 2004

Amrit Mathur

· Aug 26, 2023 · 02:30 pm

What Pakistan did to convince the Indian cricket team that it was safe to tour the country in 2004

Amrit Mathur

· Aug 23, 2023 · 08:30 am

Interview: ‘Not seeing dyslexic, lesbian women thriving in India made it hard to see myself survive’

Sharif Rangnekar

· Aug 14, 2023 · 11:30 am

An Iraqi journalist watched Saddam’s statue being toppled. His war memoir de-centres the West

Cyma Hibri, The Conversation

· Aug 12, 2023 · 05:30 pm

From the memoir: How a former advisor to the chief minister set up the Bihar Museum in Patna

Anjani Kumar Singh

· Aug 04, 2023 · 08:30 am

A former scientific advisor to the Indian government writes on working with various prime ministers

R Chidambaram Suresh Gangotra

· Jul 25, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS’ is a celebration of the biggest boy band in the world

Niyati Bhat

· Jul 23, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the memoir: Surgeon who performed India’s first heart transplant in 1994 tells the story

P Venugopal Priya Sarkar

· Jul 13, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the memoir: An army wife on the uncertain days for families like hers during the Kargil War

Shikha Akhilesh Saxena

· Jul 11, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the memoir: An Afghan man’s dramatic escape from, and return to, his homeland

Baryalai Popalzai Kevin McLean

· Jun 29, 2023 · 08:30 am

From the memoir: A former IAS officer recalls his preparations for the UPSC examination

Rajan Kashyap

· Jun 23, 2023 · 08:30 am