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TopicMemoir

Topic: memoir

My married life with Rajendra Yadav began with a bizarre rupture: Mannu Bhandari

In 'This Too Is a Story', trailblazing Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari lays bare the faultlines of her controversial marriage to Rajendra Yadav.

What Margaret Atwood’s memoir Book of Lives reveals—if we read her fiction backwards

What links ‘Surfacing’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and ‘The Robber Bride’ is not a neat feminist argument so much as a shared attentiveness to survival.

Yash Chopra told me I was the quintessential Yash Raj heroine: Shalini Passi

In her book, 'The Art of Being Fabulous', Shalini Passi blends style and philosophy to offer 10 rules for living on one's own terms.

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.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.