Books and Authors
Books and Authors
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‘Imperfect’ is an autobiography of: Sanjay Manjrekar
‘The nice guy who finished first’ a biography of: Rahul Dravid
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‘Playing it my way’ is an autobiography of: Sachin Tendulkar and Boria Majumdar
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‘A century is not enough’ is an autobiography of: Saurav Ganguly
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Manimekalai describes story of: Kovalan and Madhavi’s daughter
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‘History of British India’ by: James Mill in 1817, a massive three volume book
Rushkin Bond books: The room on the roof, The blue Umbrella, Roads to Mussoorie
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Ae Kampf’ by Adolf Hitler was originally written in: Germany
‘The Godfather of soul’ is an autobiography of: James Brown (one of the greatest
singer)
Other books:
The three mistakes of my life
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‘A suitable boy’ is written by: Vikram Seth
Revolution 2020
What young India wants
‘Unsuitable boy’ is written by: Karan Johar
400 days
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Books by Chetan Bhagat: Half girlfriend, One Indian girl, One night at the call centre
Other books:
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‘Malgudi Days’ is written by: RK Narayan
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Books by Amitav Ghosh: Sea of poppies, The living mountain, River of smoke, The
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‘The Hidden Hindu’ is written by: Akshay Gupta (first in the series of the trilogy)
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‘Selection Day’ is written by: Aravind Adiga Other books: The white tiger
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‘Modi Government: New surge of Communalism’ is written by: Sitaram Yechury
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‘Dreams from my father: A story of race and inheritance’ is an autobiography of: Barack
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‘The kiss of my life’ is an autobiography of: Emraan Hashmi
Other books:
An era of darkness
Paradoxical Prime Minister
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Ambedkar: A life
Road and Transport
‘Courage and Conviction: An Autobiography’ of: General VK Singh
‘Outlaw: India’s bandit Queen and me’ is a novel on Phoolan Devi written by: Roy Moxham
‘Fearless Governance’ is a book by: Kiran Bedi
1st lady IPS Officer of India
Governor of Puducherry
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‘A passage to India’ is written by: EM Foster
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‘Anything butisKhamosh’
an autobiography of: Shatrughan
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‘Romancing with life’ is written by: Dev Anand (memoirs of Hindi films)
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‘The unauthorised autobiography’ is written by: Elon Musk
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‘The afternoon of time: An autobiography’ was written by: Harivansh Rai Bachchan
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‘The man who made the Elephant dance by Kurein’ is autobiography of: Dr. Varghese
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Increase of milk production in India
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‘Atmakatha’ is an autobiography of: Anna Chandy
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‘Alice’s adventures in Wonderland’ is written by: Lewis Carroll
‘Sense and sensibility’, ‘Mansfield park’ and ‘Emma’ is written by: Jane Austen
‘Hind Swaraj’ was written by: Mahatma Gandhi Autobiography: The story of my
experiment with truth
‘Young India’ was written by: Lala Lajpat Rai
‘Anand Math’ was originally written in: Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
‘In the afternoon of time: An autobiography’ written by: Harivansh Rai Bachchan
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‘Sultry Days’ is written by: Shobha De
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‘Half Story’ is an autobiography of: Banarasi Das Jain
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Other books:
Coolie
Sword and sickle
The village
Across the Black waters
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‘The tunnel of time’ written by: RK Laxman (Indian cartoonist)
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‘India wins freedom’ is an autobiography of: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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‘Jakhan choto chilam’ is an autobiography of: Satyajit Ray
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‘My life in full: Work, family and our future’ is a memoir of: Indra Nooyi
CEO of PepsiCo
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‘The king within’ is a novel by: Nandini Sengupta
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‘The palace of illusions’ is written by: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (award-wining novel
that re-tells Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi’
‘Finding my way’ is an autobiography by: Venkat Raman Singh Shyam (Gond artists)
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Chetan Bhagat’s debut novel: Five Point Someone (based on movie: Three idiots)
‘Born in India Made in England’ is an autobiography of: Balraj Khanna (known for
painting)
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‘Twilight in Delhi’ written by: Ahmed Ali
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‘Journey with a Hundred strings: My life in Music’ is an autobiography of: Shiv Kumar
Sharma in 2002
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‘Long walk to freedom’ is written by: Nelson Mandela
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‘The Last Song of Dusk’ is debut novel of: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi
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Talks about drain of wealth from India
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‘Social harmony’ written by: Narendra Modi
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‘Myth = Mithya : Decoding Hindi Mythology’ written by: Devdutt Pattanaik
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Other books: Secret of Shiva, Devlok
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Books by Jawaharlal Nehru: Discovery, Glimpses of world history, An autobiography
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‘Indica’ is written by: Megasthenes
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‘2001: A space Odyssey’ is a popular science fiction written by: Arthur C Clarke
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‘Mrs Funnybones’ written by: Twinkle Khanna
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‘Mimamsasutras’ safes of ancient India is written by: Jaimini
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‘The coalition years’ written by: Pranab Mukherjee
‘A bunch of old letters’ written by: Jawaharlal Nehru
Books by Ambedkar: Riddles in Hinduism, Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah, Waiting for a
visa: Autobiographical notes
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‘My journey transforming dreams into actions’ an autobiography of: APJ Abdul Kalam
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‘My truth’ written by: Indira Gandhi (former PM of India)
Books by Rudyard Kipling: Rikki-Tikku-Tavi, The man who would be king, The jungle
book
‘Kundalini: The mother of the Universe’ which includes an English translation of ‘Lalita
Sahasranama’ is written by: Rishi Singh Gherwal
‘Beyond the lines’ is written by: Kuldip Nayar
‘Chheelate Hue Apne Ko’ is a Hindi poet by: Nand Kishore Acharya
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‘Gitanjali’ is written by: Rabindranath Tagore
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‘150 years of celebrating the Mahatma - the South African legacy’ written by:
Fakir Hussen
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‘Being Gandhi’ written by: Paro Anand
Willy Wonka is a fictional character from the children’s book: Charlie and the
chocolate factory
‘The anarchy: The relentless rise of the East India Company’ written by: William
Dalrymple
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‘The light of Asia: The poem that defined the Buddha’ that narrates the phenomenal
poem ‘The light of Asia’ is written by: Jairam Ramesh
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‘Men in white- A book of cricket’ is written by Mukul Kesavan
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‘The hitman: The Rohit Sharma story’ is written by: G Krishnan
‘Cross connection: The big circus adventure’ is written by: Jugal Hansraj
‘Night of the restless spirits: Stories from 1984’ written by: Sarbpreet Singh
‘The Brahma Sutra: The philosophy of spiritual life’ is written by: Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan
‘Poskem’ is written by: Wendell Rodricks
‘Buddha Gaya: The hermitage of Sakya Muni’ is written by: Rajendralala Mitra
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‘A better India: A better world’ is written by: NR Narayana Murthy
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‘The life divine’ written by: Sri Aurobindo
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‘Annihilation of caste’ is written by: BR Ambedkar
‘Those days’ written by: Sunil Gangopadhyay (translated version of a Sahitya Akademi
winning historical novel)
‘The Razmnama’ (Book of wars) written during the reign of Akbar by: Mahabharata
‘The judgement: Inside story of the emergency in India’ written by: Kuldip Nayar
‘India: A million mutinies now’ and ‘role in history’ written by: Vidiadhar Surajprasad
Naipaul
‘The anarchy: The East India Company, corporate violence, and the pillage of an empire’
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‘The free voice: On democracy culture and the nation’ written by: Ravish Kumar
‘Swami Vivekananda in the West: New discoveries’ written by: Marie Louise Burke
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‘Bridgital nation: Solving technology’s people problem’ is co-authored by: N
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‘Pakkaki Ottigilite’ has been composed by: K Shiva Reddy
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‘The reluctant family man: Shivaji in everyday family life’ written by: Neelima Chirag
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Based on Indigo Revolt in Bengal’s Nadia district
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Books by Amish Tripathi: The secret of Nagas, Sita - Warrior of Mithila, The immortals
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‘Anandmath’ written by: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Other books:
Wealth of Nations
Sentiments
‘Panchatantra’ the famous collection of animal fables is composed by: Vishnu Sharma
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‘Malati Madhava ’ written by: Bhavabhuti
‘Every vote counts the story of India’s elections’ written by: Navin Chawla
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‘The origin of Species’ written by: Charles Darwin
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‘Gulamgiri’ is written by: Jyotibha Phule
‘Jinnah: His Successes, Failures and role in History’ is written by: Ishtiaq Ahmed
“The general theory of employment, interest and money’ (1936) was written by: John
Maynard Keynes
‘The Mountain of Light’ is written by: Indu Sundaresan
· ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ is an autobiography of: Maya Angelou
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‘The Moor’s Last Sigh’ is written by: Salman Rushdie
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‘On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft’ is written by: Stephen King
‘A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time’ is an autobiography of Indian Politician: Arjun Singh
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‘Childhood Days - A Memoir by Satyajit Ray is written in: Bengali
- ‘The Dark Room’ that presents an Indian woman stiff opposition to male domination is written by: R K Narayan
- ‘The Soul of Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey’ is written by: Muhammad Ali
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‘Red Earth and Pouring Rain: A Novel’ is written by: Vikram Chandra
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‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ is the autobiography of: Paramhansa Yogananda
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‘Memoirs of My Life and Time in the Days of My Youth’ is an autobiography by: Bipin Chandra Pal
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‘The Gopi Dairies’ and ‘Wise and Otherwise’ are books by: Sudha Murthy
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The author of ‘The 7 Sins of Being a Mother’ is: Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
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Author of book ‘The Buddha and his Dhamma’ that appeared in 1957 after the death of its author is written
by: BR Ambedkar
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‘The Paradise of Food’ book that won the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature is written by: Khalid Jawed
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The autobiography ‘Raga Mala’ is an autobiography of Indian musician: Ravi Shankar
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‘Meri Filmy Atmakatha’ is an autobiography written by: Balraj Sahni
In 1984, Kamala Das was nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature for his autobiography: My Story
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‘A Life of a Genius: The Man who Knew Infinity’ is a biography of Indian Mathematician: Srinivasa Ramanujan
‘Asura: Tale of the Vanquished’ is the first novel of: Anand Neelakantan
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Author of epic poem ‘Padmavat’ is: Malik Muhammad Jayasi
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‘Karmayodha Granth’ was released by politicians: Amit Shah
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The author of book ‘Kama Sutra’ is: Vatsyayana
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