15 Best nonfiction books like Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer by Manjari Jaruhar

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Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

By: Manjari Jaruhar

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

After an unexpected turn of events upended the homemaker role her parents had planned for her, Manj…

"Often the girls would be unhappy with the police uniform. ‘why should we wear the men’s uniform, Maam, ? Why can’t we have something more comfortable, more suitable for us?"

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

"The IPS training made me acutely aware of the gaps in my upbriniging. Why do we not encourage our girls to take up a sport, to build muscle, to build stamina? Why do we protect them from the outdoors for fear of “ruining"

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

"An officer may have many subordinates to do these jobs, but a leader must be able to fend for himself or herself. I wholeheartedly agree with this philosophy. It enables an officer to lead from the front if the need arises and helps instil a sense of respect within the rank and file."

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

"The Bhagalpur blinding showed me how important it is in the police to follow the correct path and not resort to extra constitutional ways. Many officers feel that encounters are the only way to deal with hardened criminals, but the Bhagalpur incidents taught me a salutary lesson that, although such behaviour might bring quick results and commendations in the short term, it invariably leads you down a dangerous path."

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer by Manjari Jaruhar , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Namesake

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

4.11

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladiesestablished this young writer as one the most brilliant of h… read more

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2. The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #1)

By: Robert Bailey

3.02

Format: None pages,

Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama… read more

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3. The Shadow Lines

By: Amitav Ghosh

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families--one Eng… read more

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4. The Palace of Illusions

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more

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5. The Guide

By: R.K. Narayan , None , Michael Gorra

4.21

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

R.K. Narayan(1906-2001) is unusual among Indian authors writing in English in that he has stayed co… read more

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6. Train to Pakistan

By: Khushwant Singh

3.85

Format: 128 pages,

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7. The Brain: The Story of You

By: David Eagleman

4.01

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your r… read more

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8. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

By: David McRaney

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not … read more

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"I couldn’t shake the idea that I, too, was probably one conversation away from changing my own mind about something, maybe a lot of things. But I also recalled how many conversations I’d had that onl…"

-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

"Before scientists began researching the Leadership LAB’s technique, few studies supported the possibility that campaigns could change voters’ views on polarized, partisan, politically controversial i…"

-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

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9. The Wren, the Wren

By: Anne Enright

3.55

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

An incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder, and love across three generations of… read more

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"It's not that I think about him constantly, he is my way of thinking. His mind is my compass, his eyes my only mirror."

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don’t walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

"We don't walk down the same street as the person walking beside us. All we can do is tell the other person what we see. We can point at things and try to name them. If we do this well, our friend can…"

-Anne Enright, The Wren, the Wren

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10. Independence

By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

India, 1947. In a rural village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor.… read more

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"The year is 1947. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times."

-Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Independence

Cover of Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

11. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By: Salman Rushdie

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more

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"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

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12. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

4.63

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more

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13. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

3.65

Format: 150 pages, Paperback

The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more

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"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."

-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)

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14. Sakina’s Kiss

By: Vivek Shanbhag

3.81

Format: 194 pages, Hardcover

Venkat answers urgent knocks on the door to his flat one evening to find two insolent young men cla… read more

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15. The Hidden Hindu

By: Akshat Gupta

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Prithvi, a cryptic 21-year-old who remembers incidents from before his birth, is in pursuit of a my… read more

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16. The Hidden Hindu 2

By: Akshat Gupta

4.14

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

The first battle is lost. The book of Mritsanjeevani is in the wrong hands but Nagendra's plans are… read more

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17. The Last Trial (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #3)

By: Robert Bailey

4.54

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most in… read more

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18. One Arranged Murder

By: Chetan Bhagat

3.65

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

Keshav has set up an investigation agency with his best friend, Saurabh. Can the two amateur detect… read more

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"Blood is thicker than water. Or lassi. Or whatever."

-Chetan Bhagat, One Arranged Murder

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19. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

By: Shrayana Bhattacharya

4.29

Format: 384 pages, None

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more

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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"

-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence

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20. Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization

By: David Vandermeulen

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah H… read more

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Cover of I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata by Shantanu Naidu

21. I Came Upon a Lighthouse: A Short Memoir Of Life With Ratan Tata

By: Shantanu Naidu

4.44

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

An endearing portrait of an Indian legend I told him that when I write a book, I would write abo… read more

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Cover of Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God. by Kapil  Gupta

22. Atmamun: The Path To Achieving The Bliss Of The Himalayan Swamis. And The Freedom Of A Living God.

By: Kapil Gupta

4.48

Format: 137 pages, Kindle Edition

Atmamun is the path to achieve the bliss of the Himalayan Swamis and the Freedom Of a living God. I… read more

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Cover of Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing by Peter Robison

23. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

By: Peter Robison

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A fast-paced look at the corporate dysfunction--the ruthless cost-cutting, toxic workplaces, and cu… read more

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Cover of Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness by Vivek H. Murthy

24. Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness

By: Vivek H. Murthy

4.24

Format: 352 pages, ebook

In this groundbreaking book, Former Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy argues that … read more

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"Today it's widely understood that one of the most important factors in preventing and addressing toxic stress in children is healthy social connection."

-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness

"The structure of operations also encourages connection. Any employee can attend meetings of any department, including Zingerman's board meeting. A truck driver can help plan a menu, and a chef can he…"

-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness

"The fact is, [University of Michigan organizational behavior professor Dr.] Wayne [Baker] said, most people do want to help. But that's not always intuitive. "We've shown that engaging in the process…"

-Vivek H. Murthy, Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness

Cover of R. N. Kao: Gentleman Spymaster by Nitin A. Gokhale

25. R. N. Kao: Gentleman Spymaster

By: Nitin A. Gokhale

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Somewhere deep in the archives of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) in the heart of New … read more

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Cover of WONDER WOMANIYA by Sohil Makwana

26. WONDER WOMANIYA

By: Sohil Makwana

4.70

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

She was witty. She was a fearless hurricane, a rare bird with a sole plan - The Mysterious M3 - Mem… read more

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Cover of Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by K.S. Komireddi

27. Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India

By: K.S. Komireddi

4.19

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

‘INDIA IS AN IMPROBABLE NATION.’ Under Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, India has und… read more

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Cover of Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life and Leadership by Arundhati Bhattacharya

28. Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Work, Life and Leadership

By: Arundhati Bhattacharya

4.19

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

Of Small Towns, Big Dreams and Greater Achievements Growing up in the sleepy towns of Bhilai and B… read more

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29. Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

By: Manjari Jaruhar

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

After an unexpected turn of events upended the homemaker role her parents had planned for her, Manj… read more

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"Often the girls would be unhappy with the police uniform. ‘why should we wear the men’s uniform, Maam, ? Why can’t we have something more comfortable, more suitable for us?"

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

"The IPS training made me acutely aware of the gaps in my upbriniging. Why do we not encourage our girls to take up a sport, to build muscle, to build stamina? Why do we protect them from the outdoors…"

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

"An officer may have many subordinates to do these jobs, but a leader must be able to fend for himself or herself. I wholeheartedly agree with this philosophy. It enables an officer to lead from the f…"

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

"The Bhagalpur blinding showed me how important it is in the police to follow the correct path and not resort to extra constitutional ways. Many officers feel that encounters are the only way to deal …"

-Manjari Jaruhar, Madam Sir: The Story of Bihar’s First Woman IPS Officer

Cover of Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform by Rachna Bisht Rawat

30. Bipin: The Man Behind the Uniform

By: Rachna Bisht Rawat

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

On the morning of 8 December 2021, India's Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and his wif… read more

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Cover of The War Diary of Asha-san: From Tokyo to Netaji's Indian National Army by Bharati 'Asha' Sahay  Choudhry

31. The War Diary of Asha-san: From Tokyo to Netaji's Indian National Army

By: Bharati 'Asha' Sahay Choudhry

4.15

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

In June 1943, seventeen-year-old Bharati ‘Asha’ Sahay, a headstrong Indian teenager living in Japan… read more

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