What’s in it
Tap a tag: ❤ = this matters to me · tap again ✕ = don’t care · again to reset. The list below updates each time.
24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Nirad C. Chaudhuri · 515 pages
My Boyhood Days
Rabindranath Tagore · 54 pages
Autobiographical reminiscences of author's childhood.
Revenue Stamp: An Autobiography
Amrita Pritam · 130 pages
One Life Is Not Enough : An Autobiography
K. Natwar Singh · 410 pages
Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam · 192 pages
"It was like any other day on the Anna University campus in Chennai. I had delivered a lecture 'Vision to Mission' and the session got extended from one hour to two. I had lunch with a group of research students and went back to class. As I was returning to my rooms in the evening the vice-chancellor, Prof. A. Kalanidhi, fell in step with me. Someone had been frantically trying to get in touch wit
The Test of My Life
Yuvraj Singh, Sharda urga, Nishant Jeet Arora · 189 pages
Autobiography of an Indian cricket player.
First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood
Thrity Umrigar · 294 pages
First Darling of the Morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age twenty-one. It is an evocative, emotionally charged story of a young life steeped in paradox; of a middle-class Parsi girl attending Catholic school in a predo
An Unsuitable Boy
Karan Johar, Poonam Saxena · 352 pages
xiii, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
Kunal Nayyar · 245 pages
Of all the charming misfits on television, there's no doubt Raj from The Big Bang Theory--the sincere yet incurably geeky Indian-American astrophysicist--ranks among the misfittingest. Now, we meet the actor who is every bit as loveable as the character he plays on TV. In this revealing collection of essays written in his irreverent, hilarious, and self-deprecating voice, Kunal Nayyar traces his j
Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
Pamela Hicks · 262 pages
This magical memoir about a singular childhood in England and India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten provides a privileged glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the twentieth century's leading figures.
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda · 502 pages
The autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952) details his search for a guru, during which he encountered many spiritual leaders and world-renowned scientists. When it was published in 1946 it was the first introduction of many westerners to yoga and meditation.The famous opera singer Amelita Galli-Curci said about the book:"Amazing, true stories of saints and masters of India, blended w
How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company
Varun Agarwal · 256 pages
Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits
Rahul Pandita · 272 pages
Playing It My Way: My Autobiography
Sachin Tendulkar · 416 pages
The greatest run-scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after an astonishing 24 years at the top. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all time, he received the Bharat Ratna Award - India's highest civilian honour - on the day of his retirement. Now Sachin Tendulkar tells his own remarkable story - from his first Test cap at the age of 16 to his 100th international c
Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
Madhur Jaffrey · 320 pages
Whether acclaimed food writer Madhur Jaffrey was climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tucked into freshly baked spiced pooris, today these childhood pleasures evoke for her the tastes and textures of growing up. This memoir is both an enormously appealing account of an unusual childhood a
India Wins Freedom: The Complete Version
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad · 277 pages
A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur
Gayatri Devi, Santha Rama Rau · 335 pages
Memoirs of the maharani of Jaipur, an Indian princely state, encompassing her privileged childhood, her marriage as the maharajah's third wife, the events of Indian Independence and her political career in India after Independence
Living with the Himalayan Masters
Swami Rama · 486 pages
The Story of My Experiments With Truth
Mahatma Gandhi · 420 pages
Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God
It Happened In India: The Story of Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Central and the Great Indian Consumer
Kishore Biyani, Dipayan Baishya · 268 pages
Autobiography of an Indian entrepreneur who revolutionized retail trade in India.
Simply Fly
G.R. Gopinath · 380 pages
Autobiography of G.R. Gopinath, b. 1951, founder of Air Deccan, India's first low-cost airline.
Karma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Mangos, Bollywood and Water Buffalo
Jenny Feldon · 321 pages
When Jenny's husband gets transferred to India for work, she looks forward to a new life filled with glamorous expat friends and exciting adventures. What she doesn't expect is endless bouts of food poisoning, buffalo in the streets, and crippling loneliness in one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Ten thousand miles away from home, Jenny struggles to fight off depression and a