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.
The Nellie Massacre of 1983 is an attempt to search for clues from the narratives of attackers and survivors of the incident, which are fragmented and sometimes contradictory to each other.
The Nutmeg's Curse is about the ecological crisis that we are facing as a result of our overdependence on natural resources.
Farah Bashir’s Rumours of Spring is a moving memoir of growing up in Kashmir during the 1990s, capturing fear, memory, conflict, family life, and everyday survival.
Authorised biography of Kanu Sanyal. The Naxal leader of the tribal and peasant uprising of Naxalbari in West Bengal
First in the book of autobiography of Maya Angelou, capturing her childhood days till the age of seventeen.
David Devadas’s The Story of Kashmir explores Kashmir’s history, politics, society, culture, accession, militancy, Pandit exodus, and changing aspirations.
Rahul Pandita’s Our Moon Has Blood Clots is a powerful memoir of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, capturing fear, loss, displacement, memory, and the pain of leaving home.
Suchitra Vijayan’s Midnight’s Borders takes readers through India’s borderlands, showing how borders shape ordinary lives, memory, violence, citizenship, and belonging.
An interesting and insightful book that provides detailed account of the murderer of Gandhi with some new evidences and investigative Journalism
The Population Myth is evidence-based study of family planning and how various religions of India practice it. It also breaks many general myths we have about our population and especially the myths around the Muslim population growth.
Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer is a powerful memoir and work of reportage about Kashmir, conflict, memory, violence, and the lived experience of ordinary Kashmiris.
A simple yet detailed account of how democracy in India has changed for the worst under PM Narendra Modi.
A fascinating, interesting, insightful and eye opening book That tells us ab out the hidden business of democracy in India.
A fascinating, interesting, insightful and eye opening book about the data and numbers and the truth behind the numbers.
An informative book about the development policies in rural Bihar and how caste and power plays a role often exploiting the people at the bottom.
Informative, Incisive, intellectually stimulating with sharp and logical arguments to understand the complexities of caste
A book to understand the genesis of Islam and how it came to India and what it means to be a Muslim in India.
An important book looking at the causes of a major problem that India is facing and calling for a shift in our policy making.
An eye opening, informative and moving account of caste and its impact on the lives of ordinary people.
Compassionate and eye opening stories of the lives and hardships of the displaced people due to the various "development" projects over the years.
The inside story of how Indian security agencies functions with the support of the government to unleash cruelty on its own citizens.
A definitive account of two decades long war in Vietnam and the damage it has done to the country.
Suraj Yengede in his debut book “Caste Matters” dissects the caste system and provides an insight into various aspects of caste system.
A memoir by Viktore Frankl of his sufferings in the Nazi concentration camps and how he endured all of it to come out and tell it to the world
A collection of interviews, lectures and talks on Palestine and the ongoing war with Israel for its existence by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe.
William L. Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a detailed history of Hitler, Nazi Germany, propaganda, antisemitism, World War II, and the destruction of Europe.
A history of genesis of Palestine's occupation of Israel and the struggle of Palestinian people for their land and right to exist with dignity.
Story of an IT guy deciding to move away from fast paced life and switching over to agriculture.
A collection of essays and speeches by Arundhati Roy in the last couple of years describing how India is moving towards totalitarianism and fascism.