biography

The Lives of Others

Yasser Usman

Sanjay Dutt’s biographer Yasser Usman on the ennui of hagiographies and the challenge of writing unauthorised biographies

Leonardo da Vinci: The Science of Genius

CP Rajendran

Humanising the mystique of Leonardo da Vinci

Open Diary

Swapan Dasgupta

The Jaipur Literature Festival, historian David Cannadine and Budget relief for the media

City Lights

V Shoba

Has culture lost its place in Bangalore?

A Leader Comes Home

Aditya Sinha

PV Narasimha Rao, one of India’s most misunderstood prime ministers, finally gets a biography he deserves

The Shashi Mystique

Jai Arjun Singh

This anecdotal biography charts the evolution of India’s first crossover star

Reading the Lives of Others

Srinath Raghavan

The intimate pleasures of biography

CHANGE: A BIOGRAPHY

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S Prasannarajan • PR Ramesh • Ullekh NP • Madhavankutty Pillai • V Shoba • Lhendup G Bhutia • Chinki Sinha • Gunjeet Sra • Rajni George • Divya Unny

The Eternal Poet

Rahul Pandita

A new biography of Sahir Ludhianvi brings to life the poet who changed the idiom of Hindi cinema lyrics

In his aptitude for flying, his ease in reaching out to people, and his desire to be ‘the regular guy’, Rahul Gandhi is quite like his father. An extract from Open staffer Jatin Gandhi and Veenu Sandhu’s hot-off-the press biography of the leader, Rahul