Books

The Questioning Self

Mini Kapoor

The form of autobiography has long been Barack Obama’s way of explaining his way in the world

On Her Own Terms

Zakia Soman

An autobiography of lived freedoms

Mum Is the Word

Sharanya Manivannan

An extraordinary novel on toxic relationships in a family

Myopic Versions

Siddharth Singh

The problem with conspiracy theories around the plot to secede Punjab

In High Spirits

Shail Desai

A great mountain runner relives the romance of ascending

The Final Six

Nandini Nair

This year’s Booker Shortlist celebrates diverse and debut authors who write on parents and children, war and memory, trauma and poverty

The Sword And The Stylus

William Dalrymple

The Baburnama, one of the greatest memoirs in any language and of any age, is a testament to humanity in which the personal becomes universal

The Mughal emperor not only established an extraordinary dynasty and set the tone for their future political, economic, aesthetic and humanistic triumphs, he also produced one of the most fascinating autobiographies ever written to record exactly how he did it

Past Perfect

Lov Verma

India is rich by default, not by design

The Dark Old World

Shylashri Shankar

These murder mysteries share a fascination for the past, which some authors explore by paying homage to the crème de la crème of classical mysteries and to the art of crafting them