biography
A Tale of Two Menons
G Sreekumar
Comparing VK and VP is odious. They made the best of what destiny offered them
Biography as Fiction
Devi S Laskar’s debut novel navigates present-day US with its police brutality, racial tension and immigrant angst
The Lives of Others
Sanjay Dutt’s biographer Yasser Usman on the ennui of hagiographies and the challenge of writing unauthorised biographies
Open Diary
The Jaipur Literature Festival, historian David Cannadine and Budget relief for the media
A Leader Comes Home
PV Narasimha Rao, one of India’s most misunderstood prime ministers, finally gets a biography he deserves
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