Current Affairs search results for tag: books-and-authors
By admin: Dec. 14, 2021

1. Books and Authors

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The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Author: Nikole Hannah Jones

  • Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine, and creator of the landmark 1619 Project.
  • In 2017, she received a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as the Genius Grant, for her work on educational inequality.
  • She has also won a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and the 2018 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism from Columbia University.

Other works by her are:

  • The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
  • Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Law

By admin: Dec. 12, 2021

2. Books and Authors

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1. Public Service Ethics

It has been written by Prabhat  Kumar,former Governor of Jharkhand and former Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India.

2. 1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories

Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat

Rachna Bisht Rawat is the author of six other books, including the bestsellers The Brave and Kargil. Her other works are: 

  • The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories
  • Kargil: Untold Stories from the War
  • Insomnia: Army Stories
  • Shoot, Dive, Fly: Stories of Grit and Adventure from the Indian Army
  • Guns, Guts and Glories
  • 1965: Stories from the Second Indo-Pakistan War

3.  At Home in the Universe

Author: Bala Krishna Madhur

4. The Midway Battle: Modi’s Roller-Coaster Second Term

Author: Gautam Chintamani

Other popular works of Gautam Chintamani are:

  • Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh
  • Dark Star: Loneliness of being Rajesh Khanna
  • Nouf: A Yogi in Saudi Arabia

By admin: Dec. 10, 2021

3. Books and Authors

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1. At Home in the Universe

Author: Bala Krishna Madhur

The book is the autobiography of B K Madhur, a former Chief Executive Officer at DHFL Property Services Ltd, and one of the key personalities in establishing Dewan Housing. The book offers an inside view into the policy environment in the 1980s and 1990s in the Housing Finance Sector.


2. The Midway Battle: Modi’s Roller-Coaster Second Term

Author: Gautam Chintamani

Other popular works of Gautam Chintamani are:

  • Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh
  • Dark Star: Loneliness of being Rajesh Khanna
  • Nouf: A Yogi in Saudi Arabia

By admin: Dec. 9, 2021

4. Books-and-Authors-update

Tags: Books and Authors

1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories

Author: Rachna Bisht Rawat

Rachna Bisht Rawat is the author of six other books, including the bestsellers The Brave and Kargil. Her other works are: 

  • The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories
  • Kargil: Untold Stories from the War
  • Insomnia: Army Stories
  • Shoot, Dive, Fly: Stories of Grit and Adventure from the Indian Army
  • Guns, Guts and Glories
  • 1965: Stories from the Second Indo-Pakistan War

By admin: Dec. 6, 2021

5. Books and Authors

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‘Public Service Ethics

It has been written by Prabhat  Kumar ,former Governor of Jharkhand and former Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India.

By admin: Dec. 5, 2021

6. Books and Authors

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1. Bangladesh Liberation @50 years: ‘Bijoy’ with Synergy India Pakistan War 1971

  • Author: V.K. Ahluwalia and A.N. Jha

2. The Fractured Himalaya : India China Tibet 1949-1962 

  • Author:  Nirupama Rao

3. Translating myself and Others 

  • Author : Jhumpa Lahiri 

4. 400 days 

  • Author  : Chetan Bhagat

5. Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947

  • Author: Ayaz Memon

6. The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India

  • Author: Vijay Gokhale

7. My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future

  • Author: Indira Nooyi 

8. 10 Flashpoints; 20 Years: National Security Situations that Impacted India

  • Author: Manish Tewari

By admin: Dec. 1, 2021

7. Books and Authors

Tags: Books and Authors

1. Indian Innings: The Journey of Indian Cricket from 1947

Author: Ayaz Memon

Ayaz Memon is an Indian sports writer, journalist, columnist, author and lawyer. His other books are

  1. Sachin Tendulkar: Master Blaster
  2. Virat Kohli: Reliable Rebel
  3. M.S. Dhoni: Captain Cool
  4. Yuvraj Singh: Powerful Elegance

2. The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India

Author: Vijay Gokhale

Vijay Gokhale was the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India and former Ambassador of India to China. Other works of Gokhale:

  • The Road to Galwan (Research Paper).
  • Tiananmen Square - The Making of a Protest (first book).

3. My Life in Full: Work, Family and Our Future

Author: Indira Nooyi

Indra Nooyi is an Indian-American business executive and former chairperson and chief executive officer of PepsiCo.