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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: memoir

When St Columba’s team ‘beat’ SRK— new memoir chronicles life at alma mater

The launch of Charlie’s Boys, a memoir of author Ajay Jain’s days at St Columba’s, gave a glimpse into the ‘larger-than-life’ presence of one of his most famous seniors.

A Partition journey from Jhang to Hisar. Avoiding bitterness helped family thrive

At the launch of Sumant Batra’s Kafila: A Jhangi Family’s Partition Memoir, harmony was a recurring theme. ‘Best way to survive was to embrace a pan-Indian identity,’ said an audience member.

When DY Chandrachud was told his daughter wouldn’t survive—‘you never give up hope’

The launch of Tarini Mohan’s memoir Lifequake was a tribute to the author’s resilience, who had slipped into a coma and lost function in her right hand after a road accident.

Amol Palekar wants the world to see his ‘gradations of grey’—memoir turns lens inward

At the launch of his memoir Viewfinder in Mumbai, actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar spoke about breaking typecasts and ‘doing all the things I wanted on my terms’.

Dacoit hunts to wooing boss’s daughter—the many facets of legendary IPS officer Vijay Raman

Late IPS officer Vijay Raman’s memoir ‘Did I Really Do All This?’ received an emotional launch with heartfelt tributes from friends, including Najeeb Jung, at Delhi’s IIC.

Personal is Political—Ex-IAS officer Aruna Roy wants to provoke conversations with her memoir

Aruna Roy’s memoir delves into her five decades of engagement in the political and public spheres.

Launch of Murlidhar Bhandare’s memoir had no big speeches. His love story was the focus

His book, The Arc of Memory, is much more than his personal life. It also portrays India's fight for Independence, Ambedkar's philosophy, and how we arrived at the dynamic country we see today.

In ex-UP DGP’s memoir, stories of secret meet with Gogoi before Ayodhya verdict & ‘rattling’ BSP

In his memoir ‘Crime, Grime & Gumption’, the former IPS officer also writes about his repeated attempts to bring in a commissionerate system, and how it came to be implemented in 2 cities.

Salman Rushdie to release memoir on 2022 attack, says ‘a necessary book for me to write’

The 256-page memoir titled ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ is scheduled for release on 16 April and will be published in over 15 territories.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.