Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India's Most Famous
By: Sunetra Choudhury
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Sunetra Choudhury started her career at The Indian Express in 1999, as a metro reporter. In 2000, a…
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1. When Breath Becomes Air
By: Abraham Verghese , Paul Kalanithi
4.40
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely obse… read more
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"If the unexamined life was not worth living, was the unlived life worth examining?"-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"It’s very easy to be number one: find the guy who is number one, and score one point higher than he does."-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"Everything teeters between pathos and bathos: here you are, violating society's most fundamental taboos and yet formaldehyde is a powerful appetite stimulant, so you also crave a burrito."-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
"Will having a newborn distract from the time we have together?" she asked. "Don't you think saying goodbye to your child will make your death more painful?" "Wouldn't it be great if it did?" I said. …"-Abraham Verghese, When Breath Becomes Air
2. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
By: William Dalrymple , Olivia Fraser
4.12
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old his… read more
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"There was that all-pervasive evening scent of cut grass and jasmine."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"Partition was a total catastrophe for Delhi,’ she said. ‘Those who were left behind are in misery. Those who were uprooted are in misery. The Peace of Delhi is gone. Now it is all gone."-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
"His diaries had begun to assume something of the knowingness of incipient middle age; at times, indeed, he was in danger of becoming priggish and opinionated. As with many later European voyagers, tr…"-William Dalrymple, City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
3. Em and The Big Hoom
By: Jerry Pinto
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, … read more
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"What is it about the sea? Is it because it’s there?"-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"Was there a drain?' 'No. There was no drain. There isn't one even now'."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"Home was where others had to gather grace. Home was what I wanted to flee."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
"otherwise, she was Em, and most of the time she was Em with an exclamation mark."-Jerry Pinto, Em and The Big Hoom
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. Beyond the Lines: An Autobiography
By: Kuldip Nayar
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
As a young law graduate in Sialkot (now in Pakistan), Kuldip Nayar witnessed at first hand the coll… read more
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6. A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India
By: Josy Joseph
4.15
Format: None pages,
'Every day, millions of people -- the rich, the poor and the many foreign visitors -- are hunting f… read more
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8. 10 Judgements That Changed India
By: Zia Mody
3.21
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Here are the Supreme Court of India's ten pivotal judgements that have transformed Indian democracy… read more
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9. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
10. The Psychology of Money
By: Morgan Housel
4.30
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavio… read more
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"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
11. Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-Ups
By: Ashneer Grover
3.80
Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the unfettered story of Ashneer Grover-the favourite and misunderstood poster boy of Start-… read more
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12. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
By: Jodi Kantor
4.35
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
For many years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women… read more
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"Positive reputation management. I Googled your name, and a few obnoxious articles popu up. I work with the leading reputation management company that can backlink to the positive articles to make a "…"-Jodi Kantor, She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
13. 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
14. Last Among Equals: Power, Caste & Politics in Bihar’s Villages
By: M.R. Sharan
4.28
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
Sanjay Sahni was living an ‘araam zindagi’ in Delhi, working as an electrician, until a chance enco… read more
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15. Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer
By: Sunil Gupta
4.17
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
What is life like inside Asia’s largest prison? What happens when a man is hanged, but his pulse re… read more
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"The irony is that in jail, often the saviour can be the perpetrator."-Sunil Gupta, Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer
"We do not hate the person but the crime they commit and our job was to treat them as humanely as possible so they had a chance of reforming."-Sunil Gupta, Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer
16. Bihar Diaries
By: Amit Lodha
4.19
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Bihar Diaries narrates the thrilling account of how Amit Lodha arrested Vijay Samrat, one of Bihar'… read more
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17. Let Me Say it Now
By: Rakesh Maria
4.36
Format: 623 pages, Kindle Edition
‘Son, I think you have made a mistake. You have written IPS five times.’ ‘No, sir, it’s not a mist… read more
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"The more sugar you put in your tea, the sweeter it will be; the more mehnat (effort), the better the results."-Rakesh Maria, Let Me Say it Now
"There's an unwritten rule in the police: no whining about your personal problems. It is seen as a sign of weakness if you do. We all follow it strictly and pretend such problems don't exist."-Rakesh Maria, Let Me Say it Now
"I had even more to learn from my juniors. The way they placed their trust, faith, and life at my disposal, put in without fuss the man-hours I demanded of them - it is from them that I learned how to…"-Rakesh Maria, Let Me Say it Now
18. Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison
By: Jigna Vora
4.07
Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition
Renowned journalist Jyotirmoy Dey-fondly known as J, Dey-was murdered by members of the Chhota Raja… read more
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"I also realized that the media was ruthless enough to relentlessly chase one of their own if it made prime-time news."-Jigna Vora, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison
"A journalist may think he or she is breaking a story, but the journalist is seldom aware of the hidden agenda behind it. Journalists are often used by cops, politicians, gangsters and film stars to p…"-Jigna Vora, Behind Bars in Byculla: My Days in Prison
19. नग़मे किस्से बातें यादें - आनंद बक्शी ('Nagme Kisse Baatein Yaadein' - Anand Bakshi): आनंद बक्शी का जीवन और उनके गीत (The life and songs of Anand Bakshi) Hindi edition
By: Rakesh Anand Bakshi
4.18
Format: 553 pages, Kindle Edition
Introduction‘Aadmi musafir hai, aata hai jaata hai, aate jaate, raste mein yaadein chhod jaata hai’… read more
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20. The Highway Murders
By: Sourabh Mukherjee
4.29
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
In August 2009, a thirty-nine-year-old policewoman went missing in Tamil Nadu. A month later, her h… read more
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21. Behind Bars: Prison Tales of India's Most Famous
By: Sunetra Choudhury
3.88
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Sunetra Choudhury started her career at The Indian Express in 1999, as a metro reporter. In 2000, a… read more
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22. MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL: THE INCREDIBLY MELODIOUS JOURNEY
By: Rajiv Vijayakar
4.21
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
A saga without parallel in the music industryLaxmikant-Pyarelal’s music is played, every hour if no… read more
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