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Topic: Biography

The schoolyard bullying, boardroom coup & ‘fail-fast approach’ that shaped Tesla CEO Elon Musk

American journalist Walter Isaacson’s 2023 biography of Tesla CEO delves into the good, bad and the ugly of the ‘awkward boy’ who grew up to be an ‘obsessive dreamer’.

Indian conversations on RSS are linguistically unhygienic, clunky, says author

At the release of the book, Hedgewar: A Definitive Biography, author Sachin Nandha was accompanied by IGNCA Member Secretary Sachchidanand Joshi and the editor of Organiser, Prafulla Ketkar.

‘She’s almost a ghost’. First biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit faces half-empty hall

The Delhi launch of Manu Bhagavan’s biography of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit focused on her largely ‘erased’ legacy as a freedom fighter, diplomat, and politician.

How Droupadi Murmu became the ‘people’s Governor’ in Jharkhand

In 'Madam President', Sandeep Sahu shows why Droupadi Murmu was an exceptional governor.

‘Warm, witty, wonderful’: Naipaul biographer Patrick French painted portrait of India, always spoke his mind

The noted British writer and biographer died of cancer in London Thursday. His award-winning work includes a book on Partition. He has also profiled Sonia Gandhi and Amit Shah.

Savarkar never offered a clear definition of Project Hindutva. A new book shows that again

The first non-partisan biography of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar seeks to persuade us that Hindutva is an ideology that we must learn to engage with in all seriousness.

‘But she was a Muslim girl’ – Sanjeev Kumar’s singledom started with a first heartbreak

In ‘Sanjeev Kumar’, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Uday Jariwala write about the actor’s complex and eventful love life and its intersection with his career.

English in taste, Indian at heart—JC Bose was nationalist first, scientist later

In ‘Unsung Genius: A Life of Jagadish Chandra Bose’, Kunal Ghosh paints a striking portrait of Bose—a patriot with a flair for invention.

Behramji Malabari—Parsi activist who fought widowhood, child marriage in Hindu society

Shedding scrutiny on his 'anglicised' Parsi roots, Malabari emerged as the force behind the Age of Consent Bill that helped end ‘matrimonial slavery’.

There was a premonition surrounding Sanjeev Kumar’s death. His friends and family knew

'An Actor’s Actor' by Hanif Zaveri and Sumant Batra provides a glimpse of Sanjeev Kumar's personal and professional life from his birth to death.

On Camera

Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.