Best Non-Fiction Writing by Indian Authors
201. 
The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women's Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990
by:
Radha Kumar
4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings 201. 
The Flaming Feet and Other Essays: The Dalit Movement in India
by:
NAGARAJ D R
4.44 avg rating — 48 ratings 203. 
War and Peace in Modern India: A Strategic History of the Nehru Years
by:
Srinath Raghavan
4.19 avg rating — 69 ratings 
206. 
Bridging the Social Gap Perspectives on Dalit Empowerment
by:
Sukhadeo Thorat
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings 
208. 
No entry for the new Sun: Translations from modern Marathi Dalit poetry
by:
Arjun Dangle
4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings 210. 
214. 
World's First Anti-Dam Movement: Mulshi Satyagraha 1920-1924
by:
Rajendra Vora
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 214. 
Untouchables: My Family's Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India
by:
Narendra Jadhav
3.83 avg rating — 422 ratings 216. 
A Corpse in the well: Translations from modern Marathi Dalit autobiographies
by:
Arjun Dangle
4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings 
218. 
219. 
Stranger to History: A Son's Journey through Islamic Lands
by:
Aatish Taseer
3.72 avg rating — 853 ratings 220. 
The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism
by:
Ashis Nandy
4.03 avg rating — 331 ratings 221. 
222. 
Maid in India: Stories of Inequality and Opportunity Inside Our Homes
by:
Tripti Lahiri
3.72 avg rating — 114 ratings 
224. 
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War
by:
Rohini Mohan
4.40 avg rating — 830 ratings 
226. 
Path of the Parivar: Articles on Gujarat and Hindutva
by:
Mukul Dube
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 
228. 
Sanskrit Non-Translatables : The Importance of Sanskritizing English
by:
Rajiv Malhotra
4.49 avg rating — 116 ratings 
231. 
Academic Hinduphobia: A critique of Wendy Doniger's erotic school of Indology
by:
Rajiv Malhotra
4.49 avg rating — 93 ratings 232. 
When a Tree Shook Delhi: The 1984 Carnage and its Aftermath
by:
Manoj Mitta
4.21 avg rating — 410 ratings 233. 
India Stinking: Manual Scavengers in Andhra Pradesh
by:
Ramaswamy Gita
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 234. 
Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste
by:
Diane Coffey
4.33 avg rating — 349 ratings 235. 
Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell: Caste as Lived Experience
by:
Perumal Murugan
4.23 avg rating — 66 ratings 
237. 
Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy's Turning Point
by:
Gyan Prakash
3.88 avg rating — 180 ratings 
240. 
244. 
The Silence And The Storm;Narratives Of Violence Against Women In India
by:
Kalpana Sharma
4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings 
246. 
The First Republic: The Untold True Story of the Imperial Karbhari Sarkar
by:
Venkatesh Rangan
4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings 249. 
Missing Half The Story: Journalism As If Gender Matters
by:
Kalpana Sharma
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings 
249. 
From the Beginning of Time : Modern Science and the Puranic Universe 4.20 avg rating — 61 ratings
252. 
My Son’s Inheritance: A Secret History of Lynching and Blood Justice in India
by:
Aparna Vaidik
4.11 avg rating — 72 ratings 252. 
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
by:
Gary J. Bass
4.36 avg rating — 2,512 ratings 
255. 
Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of the Mridangam Makers
by:
T.M. Krishna
4.11 avg rating — 197 ratings 255. 
Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
by:
Patwant Singh
4.22 avg rating — 180 ratings 255. 
258. 
India’s Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes
by:
Shiv Aroor
4.46 avg rating — 2,173 ratings 
261. 
National Herald frauds: Arrogant stealing of prime real estate - another instance of hubris of the Gandhi family
by:
Sree Iyer
4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings 264. 
266. 
Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity
by:
Rajiv Malhotra
4.43 avg rating — 247 ratings 266. 
Breakfast with Evil and Other Risky Ventures: The Non-Essential Ashis Nandy
by:
Ashis Nandy
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 268. 
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds
by:
Rajiv Malhotra
4.27 avg rating — 203 ratings 
270. 
A Luxury Called Health: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Art, the Science and the Trickery of Medicine
by:
Kavery Nambisan
4.42 avg rating — 36 ratings 273. 
Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian Subcontinent
by:
Pranay Lal
4.53 avg rating — 588 ratings 273. 
Bose: The Indian Samurai - Netaji and the INA A Military Assessment
by:
G.D. Bakshi
4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings 273. 
Last Among Equals: Power, Caste & Politics in Bihar’s Villages
by:
M.R. Sharan
4.29 avg rating — 182 ratings 
276. 
Dalit Women's Education in Modern India: Double Discrimination
by:
Shailaja Paik
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
278. 
The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India
by:
Shailaja Paik
4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings 
281. 
The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History
by:
Sanjeev Sanyal
4.27 avg rating — 1,906 ratings 
284. 
285. 
Suvarnadvipa: Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (2 Vols.)
by:
R.C. Majumdar
4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings 
287. 
Watershed 1967: India's Forgotten Victory Over China
by:
Probal Dasgupta
4.46 avg rating — 473 ratings 288. 
292. 
Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
by:
Vinay Sitapati
4.43 avg rating — 2,315 ratings 293. 
Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars
by:
Vikram Sampath
4.14 avg rating — 114 ratings 294. 
The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence: An Insider’s Account
by:
Madhuri Bose
4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings 
299. 
Lotus in the Stone: Sacred Journeys in Eternal India
by:
Anuradha Goyal
4.46 avg rating — 72 ratings 300. 
India’s Bravehearts: Untold Stories from the Indian Army
by:
Satish Dua
4.42 avg rating — 288 ratings