nonfiction
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‘Finding My Self’: Activist Chand Kishore Saint’s memoir is an experiment with truth in practice
Jael Silliman
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‘The Indians’: Historians tell the many histories of India with humanness and scholarly objectivity
Urmi Chanda
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What are the rural livelihoods beyond agriculture? How do they impact Indian village life?
Surinder S Jodhka
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Divorce is still a stigma in India. This book looks for ways to overcome it
Shasvathi Siva
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A new book examines if nuclear civil defence steps taken by Western countries are feasible in India
R Rajaraman
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From the memoir: A woman recalls how her husband’s illness rocked their marriage
Aisha Sarwari
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One of India’s first bureaucrats writes about working with both British and Indian governments
YN Varma
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A new book combines science, history, and travel to examine the traditional perfumes of India
Divrina Dhingra
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Two writers – in 1928 and in 2016 – wrote of the value of physical work, and its caste connotations
Chandan Gowda
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From the memoir: A woman recalls how her childhood changed irrevocably after her brother’s suicide
Liana Mistry
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Cookbook: A woman from Pallakad, Kerala offers recipes that are unique to her hometown
Jayalakshmi Ramadasan
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Why are Bengaluru residents considered some of the most polite people in India?
Shoba Narayan
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Could Udaipur, City of Lakes, turn into a dust bowl surrounded by denuded mountains?
Harini Nagendra Seema Mundoli
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From the memoir: Mani Shankar Aiyar on his first election victory and a ‘half-life’ in politics
Mani Shankar Aiyar
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September reads: Six recently published nonfiction books about public and private lives of Indians
Sayari Debnath
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Is hydrogen the fuel of the future? Yes, says a new book, suggesting ways to make it affordable
Sumant Sinha
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Why Shashi Tharoor has written a book of aphorisms along with this friend Joseph Zacharias
Shashi Tharoor Joseph Zacharias
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Is vulnerability an essential quality for being a good leader at the workplace? Yes, says a new book
Avinash Jhangiani
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The story of how Gauhati University, the first university in Assam, was established in 1948
Arupjyoti Saikia
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How Justice DY Chandrachud ensured radical equality for women with the Sabarimala judgment
Gautam Bhatia