August nonfiction reading list: Public and private stories that make India and Indians

Sayari Debnath

· Jul 29, 2023 · 03:30 pm

This book shows how the lens and laser (and six other engineering innovations) have transformed life

Roma Agarwal

· Jul 27, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Romila Thapar on the different types of nationalism and their impact on interpretations of the past

Romila Thapar

· Jul 27, 2023 · 08:30 am

What role did the medical sciences play in the development of Islamic civilisation?

Firas Al-Khateeb

· Jul 26, 2023 · 08:30 am

How to minimise the expenses of your business: A CFO outlines strategies in a new book

Sangeeta Shankaran Sumesh

· Jul 25, 2023 · 01:30 pm

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

When former US president Donald Trump told journalist Bob Woodward about his ‘favourite’ dictators

Bob Woodward

· Jul 24, 2023 · 01:30 pm

‘Everyone wants to leave but they can’t’: The lives of the Bagania, tea plantation workers in Assam

Shivaji Das Yolanda Yu

· Jul 24, 2023 · 08:30 am

Did the Big Bang really happen? What colour is the universe? A new book answers these questions

David Baker

· Jul 21, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Harsh Mander: How ‘shramik’ trains added to the misery of the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown

Harsh Mander

· Jul 21, 2023 · 08:30 am

This book asks whether history lessons in schools and colleges can play a role in promoting peace

Krishna Kumar

· Jul 18, 2023 · 08:30 am

How did visitors to Hitler’s Germany in the 1930s view the rise of Nazi power? Was it a threat?

Julia Boyd

· Jul 17, 2023 · 01:30 pm

How common people rose against violence during the 2002 riots in Gujarat at great personal cost

Teesta Setalvad

· Jul 17, 2023 · 08:30 am

Hard work, sacrifice, gender: What the visceral afterlife of the Partition in India reveals

Pranav Kohli

· Jul 15, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘India’s non-religions’: When faith meant believing in flourishing in this world, not the afterlife

Rajeev Bhargava

· Jul 12, 2023 · 08:30 am

Marital rape: This book highlights sexual violence against women in marriages and relationships

Joanna Bourke

· Jul 11, 2023 · 01:30 pm

A new book explores the kind of attitude that can bring personal and professional success

Adam Ashton Adam Jones

· Jul 10, 2023 · 01:30 pm

Can graves be an important key for understanding the ideology of the Indus Valley Civilisation?

Akinori Uesugi

· Jul 10, 2023 · 08:30 am

‘Sawaneh-i Dehli’: An important book that shows the hold of colonialism on the minds of its subjects

Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

· Jul 08, 2023 · 01:30 pm

In a new book, a CEO puts out his mantra for making the most of time and opportunities

Floyd Woodrow

· Jul 07, 2023 · 01:30 pm