autobiography

Ruskin Bond: The Solitary Reaper

Nandini Nair

Ruskin Bond relives his journey from the isolation of childhood to the home he found in the hills

Her Story Retold

Mathangi Subramanian

Women’s biographies combat historical invisibility

Rishi Kapoor: ‘I Don’t Need to Wear Masks’

Divya Unny

Rishi Kapoor reveals the glories and follies of Bollywood’s first family in a tell-all autobiography

Urmila Pawar: Voice of the Voiceless

Open

Her autobiography, Aaidan, or The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoirs, is a profound inspiration

Never A Dull Moment

Akshay Sawai

What Sir Alex Ferguson’s autobiography lacks in depth and accuracy, it makes up in colour

Why did the late Dev Anand get into the movies? The glamour? A passion for acting? As you would expect of this incorrigible romantic, beautiful women and sexual encounters played an essential role in the story. An extract from his autobiography

Cricket’s Bad Boy

Boria Majumdar

Shoaib Akhtar’s autobiography is a bitter man’s rant against his more accomplished peers

The Sex Worker as Storyteller

Shahina KK

Nalini Jameela has already written a bestselling autobiography of her life in this shadowy industry. With her second book, due soon, she shares her insights not only into the behaviour of men, but also the art of storytelling as honed by her professional skills

I’m Not There

Saaz Aggarwal

She is the author of many autobiographies, none of them her own. She’ll never win the Booker for no one will know the words are hers. The ghostwriter whooshes out of the cupboard to tell her side of the story.