Non-Fiction
Welcome to the Non-Fiction section of BooksPoetry&More, where carefully crafted reviews open windows to powerful truths and compelling ideas. This collection spans memoirs, history, politics, philosophy, and social critique—books that invite you to engage deeply with the world as it is. Special focus is given to works that explore India’s intricate landscape, shedding light on its history, politics, and socio-economic fabric.
Through honest reflections on issues like the caste system, religious bigotry, and social justice, these narratives unravel the complexities and contradictions that define contemporary India. For readers seeking insight, empathy, and understanding, this page offers thoughtful guidance into non-fiction that challenges assumptions, broadens horizons, and resonates long after the last page.
Why The Poor Don't Kill US - A dissection of poor and poverty in India by Manu Joseph
Mother Mary Comes to Me is a memoir by one of India’s finest English writers, and it reflects on every page of the book.
Neha Dixit’s The Many Lives of Syeda X is not a story of grand gestures or heroic endings. It’s the lived truth of an invisible woman—one who has worked over 50 jobs in the shadows of Delhi, surviving on grit, unpaid dues, and sheer resilience.
Heart Lamp is an emotional and evocative read. It is a portal that takes the readers into a world where we see it through the eyes of women. And it is not a gentle and just world – though the stories are of Muslim women, but they hold true for the poor and marginalized women of all religions.
Masala Lab is a fun and informative read to understand the basic socience behind cooking.
Kashmir in Conflict is a well-researched book exploring the various reasons for the conflict in Kashmir. It is an informative and insightful book for anyone who wants to know about the genesis of Kashmir conflict.
The Identity Project is a meticulously researched book that examines the world’s largest data-gathering initiative, revealing its underlying objective of surveillance and control.
The Hanging of Afzal Guru is a collection of essays by prominent writers, journalsts, lawyers and activists presenting compelling perspectives and arguments that challenges the official stand of Government of India on both the Parliament attack and Afzal Guru.
The Marathas is an excellent book for understanding the genesis and evolution of the Maratha polity in the early modern era.
The Incarcerations cuts through the media fog surrounding the Bhima Koregaon case and reveals the disturbing truth behind it.
First hand testimonies and experiences of the women victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, a dark chapter of Indian History.
A true tale of massacre, revenge, and India's quest for independence.
Bhima Koregaon – Challenging Caste is a fine book by Ajaz Ashraf documenting the events that happened after January 2018, Elgar Parishad event in Bhima Koregaon.
My Seditious Heart is a collection of essays by Arundhati Roy written over the past two decades. The essays are on wide variety of subjects but the crux of all is social justice for the marginalized, calling out the governments for their flawed, unsustainable, and anti-people policies and a passionate appeal for humanity.
By Hands Now Known is a doorway to the history of injustice in the Jim Crow era, providing an insight into the atrocities faced by people
A fine book capturing the stories of nine extraordinary women athletes of India. It takes the readers through the trials and tribulations, success and failures, celebrations and heartbreaks of these women athletes.
A collection of some brilliant stories of grit, inspiration and resilience of the people of Palestine.
A book documenting Amrica's Foreign policy by a great critique and political thinker of twentieth century - Noam Chomsky
A very well-written book, easy to read and understand. The author has done a wonderful job of researching and choosing the people through whose biographies she tells us the story of Canada.
A very well-written book, "The Promise of Canada" , capturing the history of Canada through the lives of some of the magnificent people of Canada
A fine book to understand the expance of Canada through the eyes of people who mapped it.
These Seats are Reserved is a fine book to know and understand the reservation policy of India
Price of the Modi years, is a fact-based databacked book on the performance of the current government as compared to the previous.
Bad Science is a well-researched book demystifying the myths surrounding alternative medicines.
A compelling, engaging, and well-written book taking the readers on a journey of India’s history of politics and economics since independence.
Thought provoking essays depicting the events and reality of a replubic in crisis by Parakala Prabhakar
An ethnographic approach to Muslims in eleven Indian cities with a quantitative methodology in order to give a first-hand account of this untold story.
An interesting and insightful account of the six women who pioneered and paved the path for Indian girls to become a doctor.
A collection of some brilliant essays by Romila Thapar about history and how it is selectively used by people in powe