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Top 30 Biographies, Autobiographies, and Memoirs | HarperCollins Publishers India
There’s something irresistible about getting to know your favourite personalities a little better that make biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs so appealing. After all, these books offer a window to world that you would otherwise have little to no access to! Check out our selection of the most popular books in this genre.
ISRO by Aravamudan& Gita Aravamudan
ISRO pioneer R. Aravamudan narrates the gripping story of the people who built India’s space research programme and how they did it – from the rocket engineers who laid the foundation to the savvy young engineers who keep Indian spaceships flying today. This is a made-in-India story like no other.
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Auroville by Anuradha Majumdar
Auroville was born to realize human unity through change of consciousness – a concept that still holds value in today’s world. Told by someone who has lived the adventure for thirty-si
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Best Biographies in India
James Norman Mattis, 26th United States Secretary of Defense, once said, “If you read enough biography and history, you learn how people have dealt successfully or unsuccessfully with similar situations or patterns in the past. It doesn’t give you a template of answers, but it does help you refine the questions you have to ask yourself. “
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10 Must-Read Biographies of Indians Who Transformed The Nation
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In his biography, ‘India’s Missile Man’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam recalls that when he worked as a newspaper boy as a child, he would fold the paper in the shape of a rocket before throwing it towards a house, so it would land straight in the home’s compound.
Often, big dreams of making discoveries, setting records, and spawning revolutions start from such seemingly silly stories. The biographies of India’s great personalities are an accumulation of many such tales, which tell of their hardwork and perseverance, and what it took to leave a mark on India’s history.
Here are our recommendations of must-read biographies that will leave you inspired:
1. Dilip Kumar: The Definitive Biography by Bunny Reuban
“This is the story of Dilip Kumar, an introverted and inhibited youth wh