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Thursday, November 7, 2024
TopicNon-fiction

Topic: non-fiction

Valley of Words announces 2024 book awards shortlist for English and Hindi non-fiction

Non-fiction as a category often appears as a window into realities of our world. VoW Book Awards shortlist offers glimpse into contrasting styles of English, Hindi contemporary non-fiction.

What ThePrint editors read in 2023 — Here are some of their favourites

From foreign policy, culture, politics, fantasy, and psychology to espionage—a variety of books captured our attention this year.

New memoir traces life of former union cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar in UPA govt

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘As Good As My Word’ will be released on 23 December on Softcover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Is the novel dying in India? Publishers chasing more and more non-fiction

There’s new enthusiasm among readers and publishers for fact, data, narrative, theory, and experiences. Fiction's time under the Indian sun might just be over.

Reading to improve language skills? Focus on fiction, not non-fiction

The fact that narrative fiction, not expository non-fiction, helps us develop strong language skills has important implications for education policy.

Where Malgudi meets reality: New book brings fascinating quarantine stories from Kerala

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Onam in a Nightie’ by Anjana Menon will be released on 27 January on ThePrint’s Softcover.

Our pick of top 10 books in 2021

2021 saw a variety of books being published as life crawled back to normal from the pandemic. These are our top picks.

New book by former EC Lavasa aims to disseminate ‘grounded wisdom’ of ordinary Indian lives

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation’ by Ashok Lavasa will be released on 31 July on ThePrint’s ‘Softcover’.

The 10 best books we read this year

Books are what got us through this pandemic. Here’s our pick of the top 10 non-fiction titles in English this year.

On Camera

India-China border can’t be changed. Formalising LAC as the redline is the answer

The India-China crisis has led to a de facto delineation of the 1959 Claim Line in Ladakh. Why can’t this delineation be extended to the rest of the LAC and the McMahon Line?

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

India, Bangladesh Army chiefs discuss issues of ‘mutual interest’

Video call between two Army heads is their first interaction after political upheaval in Bangladesh forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India in August.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.