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Biographical Memories books in english

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.
Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

Summary of the Book One of the most inspiring and popular autobiographies to read is Late Abdul Kalam’s Wings of Fire. In this book, the former president shares his personal experiences and minutest details of his life. It narrates his life, right fr

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गुरुतत्त्व- माय गुरुजी - माय सेन्टर ऑफ़ थी यूनिवर्स

Pradeep Bhanot is an Astrologer and an Entrepreneur with huge amount of knowledge and life experience which he has shared it through his podcast and novels. In this book Pradeep Bhanot has shared his entire life journey. This book is a replication of

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माय गुरु गीता

Pradeep Bhanot is an Astrologer and an Entrepreneur with huge amount of knowledge and life experience which he has shared it through his podcast and novels. In this book Pradeep Bhanot has shared his entire life journey. This book is a replication of

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Evolution of Pragmatism in India

In The Evolution of Pragmatism in India, Scott R. Stroud delivers a comprehensive exploration of the influence of John Dewey’s pragmatism on Bhimrao Ambedkar, architect of the Republic of India’s constitution. Stroud traces Ambedkar’s development in

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In The Mood For Poems...

Collection of mesmerizing english Poetries with different mood and plots... Captured each and every emotions with wonderful selection of words...

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29 May 2023

Voice of the Veena - S Balachander

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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Birsa Munda (1872-1900)

Birsa Munda was born on 18 July 1872 at Bamba village in Ranchi district of Jharkhand. He led an armed struggle against the British to establish Munda Raj. Besides, he launched a spirited campaign against priesthood, alcoholism and belief in spirits

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was one of the foremost leaders of the Indian freedom movement. Unlike other popular leaders of the movement, he dreamt of freedom of the country by waging a war against the British and thus formed the Indian National Army.

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

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 Last Queen

'I am Rani Jindan, Mother of the Khalsa. That is my identity. That is my fate.' While we have all heard tales of Rani Lakshmi Bai and Padmavati, not many of us are familiar with another Indian queen. Daughter of the royal kennel keeper, the bea

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Man's Search For Meaning

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away thei

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

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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Ranjit Singh : Maharaja of the Punjab

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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Ghadar Party Hero Kartar Singh Sarabha

Kartar Singh Sarabha was only nineteen and a half years old when he was hanged to death on 16 November 1915. The martyr Sarabha and his comrades worked to unite the Indians living in America and Canada in order to uproot the British Raj that had ensl

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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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The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous: Profiles

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 journey of Bun, Butter, & Jam

Bun, an introverted person with a lot of social dread and a rigid family, decides to attend her post-graduate course with her alumni college in July 2017 in an effort to become a well-socialized person. She lets her out as a fearless, self-reliant la

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Meow Meow

Call her a police informant, a slumlord, a successful businesswoman, a caring grandmother-but do not call Shashikala ‘Baby’ Patankar a drug dealer. On 9 March 2015, a constable in the Mumbai Police force, Dharmaraj Kalokhe, was arrested by the loc

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Sex, Scotch and Scholarship

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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Truth, Love and a Little Malice

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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