Biography--Literature--India


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A word with you, World

the autobiography of a poet

Siddalingaiah; transl. from the Kannada by S. R. Ramakrishna; art: Laxman Aelay

Memoirs Biography--India Biography--Literature--India Siddalingaiah (Karnatic poet & playwright, 1954-)

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A writer's people

ways of looking and feeling

V. S. Naipaul

Authors, Trinidadian--Intellectual life.--20th century Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad (English writer, 1932-2018) Memoirs Biography--Literature--India

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Against all odds

Kishore Shantabai Kale

Biography--Literature--India Kale, Kishore Shantabai (1970–2007)

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Akilon

S. Venkataraman

Biography--Literature--India

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Ananda Coomaraswamy

a study

Moni Bagchee

Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish (1877-1947) Biography--Literature--India Biography--Philosophy Biography--Historians

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Arignar Anna

S. Shanmuga Sundaram

Biography--Cinema, TV & theater Biography--Literature--India Biography--Politics (ministers, MPs, essayists etc.) Biography--Rulers (heads of gov./ chief exec.) Annadurai, Conjeevaram Natarajan (TN chief minister, 1909-1969)

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Autobiography of an unknown Indian

Thy hand, great anarch! India 1921-1952

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Memoirs Biography--Literature--India Chaudhuri, Nirad C. (Indian writer, 1897-1999)

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Avar

Aravendan, R.

Aravaanan, K. P. Biography--Literature--India

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Be vocal in times of beauty

tributes to P. Lal at Seventy

C.V. Venugopal

Memoirs English fiction--India Lal, Purushottama (1929-2010) Biography--Literature--India English fiction--Biographical

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Bharathiyar Sarithiram

Chellamma Bharati

Bharatiyar (Subramanya Bharathi, Tamil writer, independence activist, 1882-1921) Biography--Literature--India Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Biography--Journalists

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Bharatikku Thadai

the political biography of Mahakavi Bharathi

V. Venkat Raman

Biography--Literature--India

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Bombay, London, New York

a literary journey

Amitava Kumar

Indian essays--English Memoirs Biography--Travellers Biography--Literature--India Kumar, Amitava (Indian writer, 1963-) Biography--India Books and reading

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Boyhood days

Rabindranath Tagore ; translated by Radha Chakravarty, introduction by Amartya Sen.

Biography--Literature--India Tagore, Rabindranath (Indian writer, 1861-1941)

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childhood in Malabar

a memoir

Kamala Das

Biography--Literature--India Biography--Literature--Britain Biography--Literature--Britain Das, Kamala (Indian writer & poet, 1934-) Biography--Literature--India

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Devaneya Pavaanar

Ilangkumaran, Ira

Devaneya Pavaanar (1902-1981) Biography--Literature--India

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Enn kathai

Namakkal V. Ramalingam Pillai

Biography--Literature--India

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Et La Lumière Fut

Jacques Lusseyran

World War II (1939-1945) Biography--Literature--India Prisoners of war

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Girish Chandra Ghosh

a bohemian devotee of Sri Ramakrishna

Swami Chetanananda; biogr. introd. Christopher Isherwood

Biography--India Biography--Spiritual persons Biography--Religion--Hinduism Biography--Literature--India Biography--Cinema, TV & theater Ghosh, Girish Chandra (Bengali actor, writer, 1844-1912) Ramakrishna Movement

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Gnanakkavi Ramalingar

Purasu Balakrishnan

Ramalingam (Tamil Swami, 1823-1874) Biography--Literature--India Biography--Religion--Hinduism

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Goa

a daughter's story

Maria Aurora Couto

Goa--Social life and customs India--History--Goa Memoirs Biography--Women--India Biography--Education Biography--Literature--India Couto, Maria Aurora (Indian writer)

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Hermann Hesse and Kalidas Nag

a friendship

Martin Kaempchen

Letters--Humour Biography--Literature--Germany Biography--Literature--India Biography--Politics--India--20th century Biography--Philosophy Hesse, Hermann (German writer, 1877-1962) Nag, Kalidas (1892-1966)

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In other words

Jhumpa Lahiri

Memoirs Travel--Italy--Rome Language--Acquisition Italian language Biography--Literature--India Biography--Literature--United States Lahiri, Jhumpa (US Indian author, 1967-)

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In the afternoon of time

an autobiography

Harivansh Rai Bachchan; ed. & transl. from the Hindi by Rupert Snell

Memoirs Biography--Literature--India Bachchan, Harivansh Rai (Indian poet, 1907-2003) Poets--Indic

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Interrogating my Chandal life

an autobiography of a Dalit

Manoranjan Byapari; transl. by Sipra Mukherjee

Biography--India Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Castes--Dalits--Literature Memoirs Byapari, Manoranjan (Indian writer, 1950-) Biography--Literature--India

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Joothan

a Dalit's life

Omprakash Valmiki; transl. from the Hindi by Arun Prabha Mukherjee

Castes--Dalits--Literature Memoirs Biography--India Biography--Socially disadvantaged Biography--Literature--India Valmiki, Omprakash (Indian intellectual Dalit, 1950-2013)

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Kaalduvel Iyer Charitham

R.P. Sethupillai

Biography--Literature--India Charitham, Iyer

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Kabir

Tiwari, Parasnath

Kabir (Sufi saint, 1440-1518) Biography--Literature--India Biography--Religion--Islam and Sufism

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Kahlil Gibran - Man and Poet

a new biography

Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins

Biography--Literature--India

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Kalidasanin Kathai

Bhatt, Shailesh, H.D.

Biography--Literature--India Kalidasa (ca. 400 AD)

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Kalki

Mohan, R.

Biography--Literature--India Krishnamurti, Kalki (1899-1954)

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L'histoire de ma vie

Kamala Das ; traduit de l'anglais par Isabelle Vassard.

French fiction--Autobiographical Biography--Literature--India Das, Kamala (Indian writer & poet, 1934-)

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Letters between a father and son

V. S. Naipaul

Biography--Literature--India Memoirs Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad (English writer, 1932-2018)

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Lucknow boy

a memoir

Vinod Mehta

Biography--Literature--India

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Mahakavi Bharatiyar

Ramaswami, Va

Bharatiyar (Subramanya Bharathi, Tamil writer, independence activist, 1882-1921) Biography--Literature--India

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Mamaji

Mehta, Ved

Biography--Literature--India Memoirs Mehta, Ved (Indian novelist, 1934-)

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Mes jours

mémoires d'un Indien du Sud

R. K. Narayan; trad. de l'anglais p. Béatrice Vierne

Autobiography--Authorship Biography--Literature--India Narayan, R.K. (1906-2001) Memoirs

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Monsoon diary

a memoir with recipes

Shoba Narayan

Biography--Women--India Biography--India Biography--Literature--India Memoirs Narayan, Shoba Cookery--Indic

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My days

A memoir

R. K. Narayan

Autobiography--Authorship Biography--Literature--India Narayan, R.K. (1906-2001) Memoirs

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My god died young

Sasthi Brata

Memoirs Biography--Literature--India Chakravarti, Sasthibrata (Anglo-Indian writer, 1939-2015)

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My son's father

an autobiography

Dom Moraes

Biography--Literature--India Moraes, Dominic Francis (Indian writer, 1938-2004) Memoirs

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My story

Kamala Das

Biography--Literature--India Biography--Literature--India Das, Kamala (Indian writer & poet, 1934-)

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Out of line

a literary and political biography of Nayantara Sahgal

Ritu Menon

Biography--Literature--India Biography--Women--India Sahgal, Nayantara (Indian writer, 1927-) Biography--Politics--India--20th century

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Pilgrims of the stars

autobiography of two yogis

Dilip Kumar Roy & Indira Devi

Biography--Philosophy Biography--Spiritual persons Biography--Literature--India Gurus--India Sri Aurobindo--Disciples' works Memoirs Spiritual memoirs Roy, Dilip Kumar (Disciple of Sri Aurobindo, 1897-1980) Devi, Indira (Disciple of DK Roy, 1920-1997)

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Rabindranath Tagore

Susirkumar Gosh

Biography--Literature--India Tagore, Rabindranath (Indian writer, 1861-1941)

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Rabindranath Tagore

by Marjorie Sykes

Biography--Literature--India Biography--Arts Biography--India Tagore, Rabindranath (Indian writer, 1861-1941)

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René Daumal

the life and work of a mystic guide

Kathleen Ferrick Rosenblatt.

Biography--Literature--India Daumal, René (French mystic, 1908-1944)

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Return to India

a memoir

Shoba Narayan

Biography--Women--India Biography--Literature--India Biography--India Memoirs Narayan, Shoba

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Rickshaw ragtime

Calcutta remembered

Jug Suraiya

Biography--Literature--India Suraiya, Jug Memoirs

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Selective memories

stories from my life

Shobha Dé

Memoirs Biography--Women--India Biography--Literature--India Biography--Journalists Biography--Models Dé, Shobhaa (Indian model & author, 1948-)

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Smritichitre

the memoirs of a spirited wife

Lakshmibai Tilak; transl. from the Marathi by Shanta Gokhale

Memoirs Biography--Literature--India Biography--Women--India Tilak, Lakshmibai (Marathi writer, 1868-1936)

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Something old, something new

Rabindranath Tagore, 150th birth anniversary volume

Pratapaditya Pal

Arts--India--20th century Arts--India--21st century Tagore, Rabindranath (Indian writer, 1861-1941) Indian literature--Bengali--History and criticism Festschrift Biography--Literature--India

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Songs of the saints of India

text and notes by John Stratton Hawley ; translations by J.S. Hawley and Mark Juergensmeyer

Devotional poetry, Indic--Translations into English Biography--Literature--India Saints--Hindu--Biography Poets--Indic Devotional poetry, Indic Saints--Hindu

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Souvenirs

un peu de moi-même pour mes amis connus et inconnus

Rudyard Kipling; trad. de S. & J. Vallette

Biography--Literature--Britain Biography--Literature--India Memoirs Kipling, Rudyard

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The autobiography of an unknown Indian

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Autobiography--Authorship Memoirs Biography--Literature--India Chaudhuri, Nirad C. (Indian writer, 1897-1999)

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The ledge between the streams

Ved Mehta

Memoirs Biography--Literature--India Mehta, Ved (Indian novelist, 1934-)

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The outcaste

Akkarmashi

Sharankumar Limbale; transl. from the Marathi by Santosh Bhoomkar

Memoirs Biography--Victims of violence Biography--Literature--India Biography--India Limbale, Sharankumar (Marathi writer, 1956-) Identity (Psychology) Castes--Dalits--Social conditions

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The Sun In The Morning

being the first part of Share The Summer, her autobiography

M. M. Kaye

Memoirs Biography--Women--India Biography--Literature--India Kaye, Mary Margaret (1908-2004)

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The twice-born

life and death on the Ganges

Aatish Taseer

India--Culture and civilization Modernity and tradition Travel--India--Ganges River Memoirs Biography--Journalists Biography--Literature--India Taseer, Aatish (Writer, journalist, 1980-)

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Truth, love and a little malice

an autobiography

Khushwant Singh

Memoirs Singh, Khushwant (1915-) Biography--Literature--India

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Upara: Anniyan

Laxman Mane

Mane, Laxman (1949-) Biography--Literature--India Awards--Sahitya Akademi Award Memoirs

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Vai. Mu. Kothainayaki Ammal

R. Prema

Biography--India Biography--Women--India Biography--Literature--India Biography--Journalists Kothainayaki Ammal, V. M. (1901-1960)

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Vanmiki

Panduranga Rao

Biography--Literature--India Biography--India Biography--Religion--Hinduism Valmiki (Poet, Ramayana author)

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Vent en Rafales

Taslima Nasrin ; traduit du bengali par Philippe Daron.

Women authors--South Asian Nasrin, Taslima (1962-) Biography--Women--India Biography--Literature--India Memoirs

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என் சரித்திரம்

En sarithiram

டாக்டர் உ.வே.சாமிநாதையர்

Biography--Literature--India Swaminatha Iyar, U. V. (1855-1942) Memoirs

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க. நா. சுப்ரமணியம்

Ka. Naa. Subramaniam

சுந்தர ராமசாமி

Biography--Literature--India Subramaniam, Ka. Naa. (Tamil writer, 1912-1988) Biography--India--Tamils

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க.நா.சுப்பிரமணியம்

Ka.Naa.Subramaniam

தஞ்சை பிரகாஷ்

Subramaniam, Ka. Naa. (Tamil writer, 1912-1988) Biography--Literature--India

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சே. இராமானுஜம் நாடகக் கட்டுரைகள்

S. Ramanujam Naadakak Katturaigal

சி. அண்ணாமலை

Biography--Literature--India Theater--Philosophy and theory

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தத்தாத்திரேய இராமச்சந்திர பேண்ட்ரே

அம்பிகாதனயதத்தர்

Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre

ஆங்கிலத்தில்-ஜி.எஸ்.அமுர்,தமிழாக்கம்-தெசிணி

Biography--Literature--India Poets--Indic Bendre, Da. Re. (Kannada poet, 1896-1981)

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தமிழ் ஞானசம்பந்தர்

Tamizh Gnanasampanthar

T. Viswanathan

Biography--Religion--Hinduism Biography--Literature--India Sambandar (Tamil poet, saint, 7th century)

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நாட்டுக்கு உழைத்த நல்லவர்

இரவீந்திரநாத் தாகூர்

Naatuku uzhaitha Nallavar Ravindranath Tagore

எம் வி வெங்கட்ராம்

Biography--Literature--India Biography--Philosophy Biography--Spiritual persons Tagore, Rabindranath (Indian writer, 1861-1941) Biography--India

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நாமறிந்த கி.வ.ஜ.

Naamarintha Ki.Vaa.Ja.

அனந்தன்

Biography--Literature--India

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பாரதி நினைவுகள்

Bharati Ninaivugal

Yadhugiri Ammal

Bharatiyar (Subramanya Bharathi, Tamil writer, independence activist, 1882-1921) Biography--Literature--India Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Biography--Journalists

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பாரில் அதிசயம் பாரதி

Paaril athisayam Bharathi

சீனி. விசுவநாதன்

Bharatiyar (Subramanya Bharathi, Tamil writer, independence activist, 1882-1921) Biography--India Biography--Journalists Biography--Literature--India Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers

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மகாகவி காளிதாசர்

MahaKavi Kalidasar

கங்கா ராமமூர்த்தி

Kalidasa (ca. 400 AD) Biography--Literature--India

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வான்ம்கி

Vanmiki

I.Panduranga Rao

Valmiki (Poet, Ramayana author) Biography--Literature--India

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வைக்கம் முகம்மது பஷீர்

காலம் முழுதும் கலை

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

ஈ.எம்.அஷ்ரப் தமிழில்- குறிஞ்சிவேலன்

Biography--Literature--India Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers Basheer, Vaikom Muhammad (Indian author, 1908-1994)

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ஶ்ரீ அரவிந்தர்

Sri Aravinthar

ச. மகாலிங்கம்

Biography--Spiritual persons Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) Biography--Literature--India Biography--Philosophy Biography--Rebels, revolutionaries, reformers

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