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Biographical Memories Books

Shabd lists the best-published memoirs, of well-known personalities, following them from birth, continuing in roughly chronological order until their death. It deals with those experiences of people's lives and the most significant events.
BHAGAT SINGH

BHAGAT SINGH

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was not only one of India's greatest freedom fighters and revolutionary socialists, but also one of its early Marxist thinkers and ideologues. He wrote four books and a pamphlet in jail. Unfortunately, all the four books, smuggled out of

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BHAGAT SINGH

BHAGAT SINGH

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was not only one of India's greatest freedom fighters and revolutionary socialists, but also one of its early Marxist thinkers and ideologues. He wrote four books and a pamphlet in jail. Unfortunately, all the four books, smuggled out of

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Ranjit Singh : Maharaja of the Punjab

Ranjit Singh : Maharaja of the Punjab

Khushwant Singh

From being a petty chieftain to becoming the most powerful Indian ruler of his time, Ranjit Singh's empire extended from Tibet to the deserts of Sindh and from the Khyber Pass to the Sutlej. His army was one of the most powerful of the time in Asia a

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Ranjit Singh : Maharaja of the Punjab

Ranjit Singh : Maharaja of the Punjab

Khushwant Singh

From being a petty chieftain to becoming the most powerful Indian ruler of his time, Ranjit Singh's empire extended from Tibet to the deserts of Sindh and from the Khyber Pass to the Sutlej. His army was one of the most powerful of the time in Asia a

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Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - 20 Inspiring Real-Life Stories

Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - 20 Inspiring Real-Life Stories

Sudha Murty

Every one of us has a life-affirming story to tell… The inspiring true stories of the interesting people who inhabit the pages of Sudha Murty’s books leave an indelible impression on us. But the books are able to chronicle the stories only of the

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Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - 20 Inspiring Real-Life Stories

Something Happened on the Way to Heaven - 20 Inspiring Real-Life Stories

Sudha Murty

Every one of us has a life-affirming story to tell… The inspiring true stories of the interesting people who inhabit the pages of Sudha Murty’s books leave an indelible impression on us. But the books are able to chronicle the stories only of the

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The Shape of the Beast

The Shape of the Beast

Arundhati Roy

The Shape of the Beast is our world laid bare by a mind that has consistently and unhesitatingly engaged with its changing realities and often anticipated the way things have moved in the last decade.In the fourteen interviews collected here, conduct

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The Shape of the Beast

The Shape of the Beast

Arundhati Roy

The Shape of the Beast is our world laid bare by a mind that has consistently and unhesitatingly engaged with its changing realities and often anticipated the way things have moved in the last decade.In the fourteen interviews collected here, conduct

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The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous: Profiles

The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous: Profiles

Khushwant Singh

From Indias grand old man of letters comes a new compilation of essays that profile some of the most iconic figures in the last century of the subcontinents history. This book will appeal not only to admirers of Khushwant Singhs writing but also to a

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The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous: Profiles

The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous: Profiles

Khushwant Singh

From Indias grand old man of letters comes a new compilation of essays that profile some of the most iconic figures in the last century of the subcontinents history. This book will appeal not only to admirers of Khushwant Singhs writing but also to a

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My Name is Gauhar Jaan - The Life and Times of a Musician

My Name is Gauhar Jaan - The Life and Times of a Musician

Vikram Sampath

The earliest recordings of Indian music are characterised by the high-pitched announcement, 'My name is Gauhar Jaan.' This declaration epitomised a milestone in the history of Indian classical music, one that would forever change its content, structu

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My Name is Gauhar Jaan - The Life and Times of a Musician

My Name is Gauhar Jaan - The Life and Times of a Musician

Vikram Sampath

The earliest recordings of Indian music are characterised by the high-pitched announcement, 'My name is Gauhar Jaan.' This declaration epitomised a milestone in the history of Indian classical music, one that would forever change its content, structu

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Dancing in Cambodia: and Other Essays

Dancing in Cambodia: and Other Essays

Amitav Ghosh

Through extraordinary first-hand accounts Amitav Ghosh presents a compelling chronicle of the turmoil of our times. `Dancing in Cambodia' recreates the first-ever visit to Europe by a troupe of Cambodian dancers with King Sisowath, in 1906. Ghosh lin

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Dancing in Cambodia: and Other Essays

Dancing in Cambodia: and Other Essays

Amitav Ghosh

Through extraordinary first-hand accounts Amitav Ghosh presents a compelling chronicle of the turmoil of our times. `Dancing in Cambodia' recreates the first-ever visit to Europe by a troupe of Cambodian dancers with King Sisowath, in 1906. Ghosh lin

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The Book of Psalm & King David as a Talented Musician

The Book of Psalm & King David as a Talented Musician

Ritesh Bhalchandra Suryawanshi

It is biography of King David.He who wrote the book of psalm.He is a worship leader and Sheperd.

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The Book of Psalm & King David as a Talented Musician

The Book of Psalm & King David as a Talented Musician

Ritesh Bhalchandra Suryawanshi

It is biography of King David.He who wrote the book of psalm.He is a worship leader and Sheperd.

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My Lost Diary

My Lost Diary

Abhik Dasgupta

Like the dried leaves of autumn, some pages of our lives get lost inevitably with time, yet the memories linger at a remote corner of our minds - never failing to inspire us into filling up the blank pages again and again. 'My Lost Diary' is not jus

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My Lost Diary

My Lost Diary

Abhik Dasgupta

Like the dried leaves of autumn, some pages of our lives get lost inevitably with time, yet the memories linger at a remote corner of our minds - never failing to inspire us into filling up the blank pages again and again. 'My Lost Diary' is not jus

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On Love and Sex

On Love and Sex

Khushwant Singh

Over a career spanning upwards of six decades, Khushwant Singh has done more to puncture the humbug, hypocrisy and prudishness of Indian society with his frank and unabashed explorations of human sexuality than any other Indian writer writing in Engl

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On Love and Sex

On Love and Sex

Khushwant Singh

Over a career spanning upwards of six decades, Khushwant Singh has done more to puncture the humbug, hypocrisy and prudishness of Indian society with his frank and unabashed explorations of human sexuality than any other Indian writer writing in Engl

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Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

Arundhati Roy

In the winter of 2014, Arundhati Roy met Edward Snowden, along with the actor and writer John Cusack and Daniel Ellsberg, the Snowden of the 1960s. Their conversations touched on some of the great themes of our times ֠the nature of the state, surveil

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Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

Things That Can and Cannot Be Said

Arundhati Roy

In the winter of 2014, Arundhati Roy met Edward Snowden, along with the actor and writer John Cusack and Daniel Ellsberg, the Snowden of the 1960s. Their conversations touched on some of the great themes of our times ֠the nature of the state, surveil

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Sex, Scotch and Scholarship

Sex, Scotch and Scholarship

Khushwant Singh

In this anthology, which comprises some of Khushwant Singh's best writing, you can look forward to some talk of sex, a little of Scotch and much Scholarship. The collection attempts to mirror the author's concerns and passions-his love of nature, his

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Sex, Scotch and Scholarship

Sex, Scotch and Scholarship

Khushwant Singh

In this anthology, which comprises some of Khushwant Singh's best writing, you can look forward to some talk of sex, a little of Scotch and much Scholarship. The collection attempts to mirror the author's concerns and passions-his love of nature, his

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Wild Wind - My Stormy Youth

Wild Wind - My Stormy Youth

Taslima Nasrin

Uttal Hawa , 'Wild Wind' in translation, is the second volume of Taslima Nasreen's autobiography. It depicts Taslima's tumultuous youth, between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four, a period during which she not only pursues a long and strenuous MBBS

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Wild Wind - My Stormy Youth

Wild Wind - My Stormy Youth

Taslima Nasrin

Uttal Hawa , 'Wild Wind' in translation, is the second volume of Taslima Nasreen's autobiography. It depicts Taslima's tumultuous youth, between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four, a period during which she not only pursues a long and strenuous MBBS

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The Clothing of Books

The Clothing of Books

Jhumpa Lahiri

How do we judge a book cover? Are book covers like the clothing that we choose to wear? What do they say about us? And what is it like to have your clothing selected for you? These are the questions at the heart of this thoughtful meditation on th

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The Clothing of Books

The Clothing of Books

Jhumpa Lahiri

How do we judge a book cover? Are book covers like the clothing that we choose to wear? What do they say about us? And what is it like to have your clothing selected for you? These are the questions at the heart of this thoughtful meditation on th

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Voice of the Veena - S Balachander

Voice of the Veena - S Balachander

Vikram Sampath

Of all the stars in the Carnatic music galaxy from the 1930s through the 1980s, there was one star that outshone the brilliance of the rest: the irrepressible genius, S. Balachander, who stormed into the prim Madras music scene with a panache and ecc

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Voice of the Veena - S Balachander

Voice of the Veena - S Balachander

Vikram Sampath

Of all the stars in the Carnatic music galaxy from the 1930s through the 1980s, there was one star that outshone the brilliance of the rest: the irrepressible genius, S. Balachander, who stormed into the prim Madras music scene with a panache and ecc

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Nehru: The Invention of India

Nehru: The Invention of India

Shashi Tharoor

An incisive new biography of the great secularist who —alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi— led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would o

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Nehru: The Invention of India

Nehru: The Invention of India

Shashi Tharoor

An incisive new biography of the great secularist who —alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi— led the movement for India’s independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. The man who would o

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Truth, Love and a Little Malice

Truth, Love and a Little Malice

Khushwant Singh

Truth, Love And A Little Malice, the autobiography of the famous author and journalist Khushwant Singh, was published by Penguin India as new edition in 2003. He chronicles in this book some of the seminal historical and political events that have ma

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Truth, Love and a Little Malice

Truth, Love and a Little Malice

Khushwant Singh

Truth, Love And A Little Malice, the autobiography of the famous author and journalist Khushwant Singh, was published by Penguin India as new edition in 2003. He chronicles in this book some of the seminal historical and political events that have ma

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Ready for Revolution

Ready for Revolution

Stokely Carmichael

Carmichael ultimately sided with those calling for the expulsion of whites. He said that whites should organize poor white southern communities, of which there were plenty, while SNCC focused on promoting African-American self-reliance through Black

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Ready for Revolution

Ready for Revolution

Stokely Carmichael

Carmichael ultimately sided with those calling for the expulsion of whites. He said that whites should organize poor white southern communities, of which there were plenty, while SNCC focused on promoting African-American self-reliance through Black

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Love a Little Stronger

Love a Little Stronger

Preeti Shenoy

Life is a collection of moments, some memorable and some mundane. Often it is the tiniest things that bring the greatest joy, even though at that time, we have no idea that what we are witnessing may be magical, something that we will talk about and

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Love a Little Stronger

Love a Little Stronger

Preeti Shenoy

Life is a collection of moments, some memorable and some mundane. Often it is the tiniest things that bring the greatest joy, even though at that time, we have no idea that what we are witnessing may be magical, something that we will talk about and

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In Other Words

In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri

On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language. Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in he

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In Other Words

In Other Words

Jhumpa Lahiri

On a post-college visit to Florence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri fell in love with the Italian language. Twenty years later, seeking total immersion, she and her family relocated to Rome, where she began to read and write solely in he

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