Memoirs of a Bengal civilian, with a new introd. by Peter Penner

Beames, John

ISBN: 9789388540995, 9388540999

This new edition carries a very useful 21-page introduction by Peter Penner (in addition to the original introduction) by Philip Mason, author of The Men Who Ruled India and an epilogue by Beames's grandson, Christopher Cooke, that assesses Beames as an administrator and a scholar. Eminently readable, the edition is particularly welcome at a time when memoirs like this are increasingly being vi...

Made in India: a memoir

Soman, Milind et al

ISBN: 9780670093571, 0670093572

The book is a rare glimpse into the mind and heart of a very unusual man that will leave you thoughtful, awed and inspired.

Head held high, foreword by Julio Ribeiro

Patil, Vishwas Nangre

ISBN: 9780143454960, 014345496X

Today, whenever decorated officer Vishwas Nangre Patil recalls the memories of Diwali from his childhood days, the sounds of the firecrackers often transform into the deafening grenade blasts from the night of 26/11.

Ma, I've become a collector: lessons on the art of the possible storytelling

Patil, Rajesh

ISBN: 9789353029449, 9353029449

This book is the inspiring account of author's struggles.

Path to excellence: a memoir by India's distinguished academician

Sharma, Pritam B.

ISBN: 9788182500907, 8182500907

Memoirs of a renowned academician, who played instrumental role in shaping the fate and future of engineering education in India, and is currently vice chancellor of Amity University, Gurgaon.

Let me say it now

Maria, Rakesh

ISBN: 9789389152067, 9389152062

Rakesh Maria ex. Mumbai's Police Commissioner breaks his silence for the first time, letting the reader into his side of the stories. It is the chronicle of a conscientious and steadfast cop who found himself in the midst of sensitive cases and created benchmarks in complicated investigations.

The bugle calls: a life in the Indian army

Rastogi, Naresh

ISBN: 9789388754309, 9388754301

A memoir by someone who experienced first-hand two of India's wars against Pakistan, in 1965 and in 1971. It captures the life an army man - right from the NDA days, to his retirement as Lt Col.

Penumbra: life coming out of the shadows

Parulekar, Susan

ISBN: 9788124109281, 8124109281

Born in a town full of rusted out Camaros and derelict trailer parks, Rachel never did fit in. As she moves from the county home for troubled teens to Paris to Morocco then to Bombay, she uncovers endless versions of herself in all her diverse forms.

Perhaps tomorrow: the memoir of a Sri Lankan housemaid in the Middle East

Elayathamby, Pooranam et al.

ISBN: 9788193314166, 8193314166

A story of war, dramatic escapes, abuse and gruesome labour.

Peter Colaco's Bangalore: a century of tales from city and cantonment, with illustrations by Paul Fernandes

Adventures of a travelling monk: a memoir

Swami, Indradyumna

ISBN: 9789356998605, 9356998604

At the age of twenty-one, Brian Tibbitts became his disciple, and at the age of twenty-nine, became Indradyumna Swami when he entered the renounced order of life. Instructed by his spiritual master to `preach boldly and have faith in the holy names of God', he left the USA initially for Paris.

A picturesque tour along the rivers Ganges and Jumna, in Ind , foreword by Lokesh Chandra, Consisting of twenty-four highly finished and coloured views, a map, and vignettes, f...

ISBN: 9789383098729, 9383098724

... original drawings made on the spot; with illustrations, historical and descriptive, by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest. The memoir is an engrossing account of the mediaeval period of Indian history. It is an evocative and spell binding account of the Islamic and East India Company periods which the author recounts his picturesque tour in equally striking words.

Piecing together: memoirs of an archaeologist

Lal, B.B.

ISBN: 9788173054174, 8173054177

Dr. Lal is an archaeologist of international repute and was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India.

Company painting: visual memoirs of nineteenth-century India

ISBN: 9788195112876, 8195112870

This richly illustrated catalogue brings forth a fine collection of the Company style of paintings from five significant institutes of India: National Museum, New Delhi; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi; Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi; Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata; and Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. The catalogue highlights the continuation of the Indian artistic eth...

Poet and plowman

Elmhirst, Leonard K

ISBN: 9788175224216, 8175224215

Elmhirst did the spade work and helped Rabindranath lay the foundation of a complex of activities, vital for national regeneration. This book is a day-to-day diary of Elmhirst's stay at Shantiniketan.

The Commissioner for lost causes

Shourie, Arun

ISBN: 9780670096404, 0670096407

The work done by Arun Shourie and his colleagues rocked institutions and governments: the freeing of 40,000 undertrials; revealing the Bhagalpur blindings; purchasing Kamla; dislodging a `Sultan'; foiling `strikes'; controverting Judges; battling privilege motions; courting contempt of court charges; nailing corruption, forgeries, lies, and the opportunism of rulers; uncovering suppressed repor...

Postcards from Kathmandu: my life among gods, kings and diplomats

Selby, Frederick

ISBN: 9789937506069, 9937506069

A gripping account of the people and life in the Himalayas when Nepal opened its doors to the outside world from a US diplomat who spent a long time in Nepal.

The non-conformist: Memories of my father Balraj Sahni, foreword by Amitabh Bachchan

Sahni, Parikshat

ISBN: 9780670091416, 0670091413

It is the untold story of one of the most iconic leading actors of this country. Written by his son Parikshat Sahni, the book-packed with unseen photos-provides personal and intimate glimpses of Balraj Sahni as a man and an actor, as a husband and a friend, as a parent and a patriot.

With four prime ministers: my PMO journey

Singh, Jarnail

ISBN: 9788194201830, 8194201837

Memoirs of a civil servant. The eight years traced in the book stand out for economic development. Listing the major initiatives taken during the period, the author terms the A.B. Vajpayee period from March 1998 to May 2004 as a 'Golden Era' for infrastructure and economic development in the history of India.

Postwar revolt of the rural poor in Bengal: memoirs of a communist activist, interviewed by Ranajit Dasgupta, introd. by Sumit Sarkar, tr. by Subrata Banerjee

Lahiri, Abani

ISBN: 9788170461821, 8170461820

This is the English translation of the memoirs of Abani Lahiri, a dedicated Communist and one of the foremost leaders of the Tebhaga uprising of 1946-47, a movement of sharecroppers and the rural poor.