nonfiction
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Global February nonfiction: Six recently published titles that probe urgent questions of our world
Scroll Staff
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Pandemic memoir: C and R – old friends, parents, academics – turn to each other in anguish and hope
Chi Rainer Bornfree Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
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Real life stories: A wedding is interrupted as the abrogation of Article 370 shuts down Kashmir
Mehak Jamal
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‘Merely companies to conduct examinations’: What Lokmanya Tilak thought of Indian universities
Lokmanya Tilak Nadeem Khan Yashodhan Parande
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History of Bengal textiles: How enslaved Bengali artisans made an impact on global enterprise
Subham China
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February nonfiction: Six new books that take deep dives into Indian history
Scroll Staff
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A new book on music history examines why the industry was dismissive of female composers
Andrew Ford
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This book uses personal accounts to show how Hyderabad’s annexation affected ordinary people
Abdur Rahman Khan
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Banaras Lit Fest 2025 Book Awards announces longlists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation
Scroll Staff
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A new book shows how Nalanda Mahavihara contributed to the fields of ancient mathematics, astronomy
Abhay K
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‘The Amateurs’: Saikat Majumdar’s book argues that reading can be a route to claiming selfhood
Saloni Sharma
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This book studies past central governments to analyse the current regime’s push for privatisation
Sheela Dubey
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A new book investigates journalist Gauri Lankesh’s assassination and its effect on Indian democracy
Rollo Romig
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Hindi autobiography: An excerpt from ‘Zindagi Ko Dhoondhate Hue’, by Sheoraj Singh Bechain
Sheoraj Singh Bechain
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In this essay, Amitav Ghosh writes about his memories of 9/11 as a resident of Brooklyn, New York
Amitav Ghosh
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‘Not such a bad thing’: Why did feminist Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain say this about the burka?
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Ben Baer
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Are China’s global expansionist plans undermining the sovereignty of debt-ridden countries?
Bertil Linter
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Kerala Literature Festival Book of the Year Awards announces 2024 fiction and nonfiction longlists
Scroll Staff
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Books of conscience, books of courage, books of pain: Harsh Mander’s 15 favourite books of 2024
Harsh Mander
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This book examines why Buddhism did not reach the West until the 18th century
Shashank Shekhar Sinha