24 best-selling nonfiction books like Why Bharat Matters by S. Jaishankar

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Why Bharat Matters

By: S. Jaishankar

3.94

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Whether drawing strength from its heritage and culture or approaching challenges with the optimism …

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1. Autobiography of a Yogi

By: Paramahansa Yogananda

4.24

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
"Who am I? The great inquiry indeed."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained."

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"Todo tiene su momento, y cada cosa su tiempo bajo el cielo"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

"The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery"

-Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

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2. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , Arun Tiwari

3.77

Format: None pages,

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil N… read more

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  • indian literature
  • nonfiction
  • india
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3. Gaban

By: Munshi Premchand , मुंशी प्रेमचंद

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gaban, one of the most celebrate d novels of Munshi Premchand, was first published in 1931. It tell… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india

4. O Jerusalem

By: Dominique Lapierre , Larry Collins

3.76

Format: 208 pages,

This book recounts, moment by moment, the process that gave birth to the state of Israel. Collins &… read more

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5. गोदान [Godaan]

By: Munshi Premchand , मुंशी प्रेमचंद

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Godan, a story of stark realism, is Premchand's most outstanding novel. The realism, artistry and t… read more

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6. The Annihilation of Caste

By: B.R. Ambedkar

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

"What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India." --Ana… read more

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7. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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9. 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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  • nonfiction
"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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10. Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

By: Anand Ranganathan

4.48

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

To those who claim we are now living in a totalitarian, fascist, Hindu Rashtra, one must What kind… read more

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  • india
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The concept of justice is like memory. It keeps getting passed on until it is realised."

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

"To me, the mark of civilisation is this unquenchable thirst of man to demand justice for his ancestors; to correct a historical wrong. For that exemplifies a continuity; an idea, a memory that can ne…"

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

"And to those who now call this nation a Hindu Rashtra, run by religious zealots and fascists, to those I ask: In which theocratic state would religious zealots wait for half a millennium and even the…"

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

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11. Do Epic Shit

By: Ankur Warikoo

3.76

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Ankur Warikoo is an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Irrational optimism is a founder's death trap!"

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Safe is better than sorry. Nope. Risk is better than regret."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"Only when you go against the flow will you find your own flow."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

"You don't control your results. You always control your inputs."

-Ankur Warikoo, Do Epic Shit

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12. Why Bharat Matters

By: S. Jaishankar

3.94

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Whether drawing strength from its heritage and culture or approaching challenges with the optimism … read more

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  • cultural
  • international relations
  • history
  • politics
  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
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13. 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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  • history
  • politics
  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
Cover of India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution by J. Sai Deepak

14. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

By: J. Sai Deepak

4.46

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of Europea… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
"The spiritual character of the relationship between indigeneity and nature is an emotion that the coloniser can at best exoticise but can never relate to."

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"Rest of the world was not living in the Dark Ages before Pax Europaea or European Peace, and will certainly not plunge into ignorance and darkness after the demise of Pax Europaea. Therefore, it is t…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"Until a decolonial approach is employed by experts and ‘intellectuals’, we will continue to see the entrenchment of colonialised identities and fissures, which began with an anti-Brahmin slant but wh…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millenn…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

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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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  • indian literature
Cover of Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam by Vivek Ramaswamy

16. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

By: Vivek Ramaswamy

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics… read more

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  • cultural
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Diversity"

-Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

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17. Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye: My Life Story

By: K.J.S. 'Tiny' Dhillon

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

He has extensively served in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and the North-East of India. He has the distinct… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future

By: Raghuram G. Rajan

4.08

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Where is India going today? Is it surging forward, having just overtaken the United Kingdom to beco… read more

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  • politics
  • india
  • nonfiction
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19. Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History

By: Vikram Sampath

4.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen Brave Men and Women of Bharat, who Never Succumbed to the Challenges of Invaders But Lo… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • history
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20. Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth of Kashi’s Gyan Vapi

By: Vikram Sampath

4.68

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

Few places in the world carry the heavy burden of history as effortlessly as Kashi, or Varanasi, ha… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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21. Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

By: Satyarth Nayak

4.44

Format: 436 pages, Paperback

Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles Krishn… read more

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  • india
  • indian literature
  • nonfiction
  • history
"In every tale lies a profound teaching, reminding us of the timeless wisdom embedded within our cultural heritage."

-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

"Vijaya is victory over others. Jaya is victory over one's own self. One's own mind and heart, thoughts and actions. Vijaya is external but Jaya is internal and that's always the hardest."

-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

"I fear,' replied the mother of mankind. 'I fear now to beget the female race. If a father can endanger his own daughter, who shall keep them safe? Who shall heal them if everybody wounds them? ' He r…"

-Satyarth Nayak, Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

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22. Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History

By: Ami Ganatra

4.38

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this hi… read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • history
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23. Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Vālmiki’s Epic

By: Ami Ganatra

4.41

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

No epic has moved the consciousness of millions like the Ramayana. The appeal of the story of Rama … read more

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  • india
  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives by Vikram Sood

24. The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives

By: Vikram Sood

4.42

Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition

In The Ultimate Goal, Vikram Sood, former chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Resear… read more

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  • india
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"There are no victory parades, and no one would light a lamp for the unknown agents,"

-Vikram Sood, The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives

"Bhutto seemed to be preparing for a ‘1000-year war’ with India, even if his people had to eat grass to finance the quest for the Islamic Bomb"

-Vikram Sood, The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives

"Intelligence is not a science, certainly not a natural science. It is an art or a craft, and as such it cannot be governed by the basic tenets of logic."

-Vikram Sood, The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives

"Monarchs, autocratic rulers and democracies have used informers and agents provocateurs for the security of their realms, to wage war and for their own protection against assassins."

-Vikram Sood, The Ultimate Goal: A Former R&AW Chief Deconstructs How Nations Construct Narratives

Cover of Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee

25. Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography

By: Anirudha Bhattacharjee

4.10

Format: 654 pages, Kindle Edition

'Zindagi ek safar hai suhana...' He was the most outrageous performer of the Hindi film screen - l… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States by John Zubrzycki

26. Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States

By: John Zubrzycki

4.05

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

On 25 July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before the Chamber of Princes … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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27. India Since Independence

By: Bipan Chandra

3.90

Format: 788 pages, Paperback

ISBNs moved from this edition The story of the forging of contemporary India, the world's large… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • indian literature
  • india
  • nonfiction
Cover of I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story by R. Ashwin

28. I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story

By: R. Ashwin

4.24

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Ashwin is arguably the greatest match-winner for in Test cricket. The fastest man to 300 Test wicke… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
Cover of All Religions Are Not The Same by Sanjay Dixit

29. All Religions Are Not The Same

By: Sanjay Dixit

4.36

Format: 187 pages, Paperback

Sanjay Dixit is becoming one of the most important intellectual and media voices in India today. Wh… read more

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  • politics
  • history
Cover of Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship between India and Pakistan by Ajay Bisaria

30. Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship between India and Pakistan

By: Ajay Bisaria

4.39

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

On 7 August 2019, High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria was expelled from Islamabad, the first time an Ind… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
Cover of India Unboxed: 75 Quirky Aspects That Define the Nation by Safir Anand

31. India Unboxed: 75 Quirky Aspects That Define the Nation

By: Safir Anand

3.29

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

• What does Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar have to do with the origin of our much-loved chaat? • Did yo… read more

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18 best-selling history books like Why Bharat Matters by S. Jaishankar

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Morgan Housel

4.19

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

Anand Ranganathan

4.48

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3.36

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Amish Tripathi

3.84

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Sita: Warrior of Mithila (RamChandra, #2)

Amish Tripathi

3.54

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Ashwin Sanghi

3.66

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