Important Links For Tnpsc Exams
Tnpsc - Important Books And Authors
1. Editor Unplugged: Media, Magnates, Netas and Me authored by Vinod Mehta
2. Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai Terror Attacks written by SK Rath
3. Kiran Bedi released comic book titled Kiran Bedi — Kaise Bani Top Cop
4. Pakistan's Ex-Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri penned a book titled Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
5. Hindi Novel Farishta authored by Kapil Isapuri
6. Book on Sonia Gandhi titled The Red Sari written by Javier Moro released in India
7. Tamil Novel Madhorubhagan written by Perumal Murugan
8. The Indian Parliament – A Critical Appraisal written by Sudha Pai and Avinash Kumar released
9. Book titled Why I Assassinated Gandhi written by Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse
10. PM Narendra Modi launched Born Again on the Mountain by Arunima Sinha
11. Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai released
12. Rajdeep Sardesai penned the book titled 2014: The Election That Changed India
13. Book titled Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru & Madhav Khosla
14. Next China-India War authored by General S. Padmanabhan released
15] Why I assassinated Mahatma Gandhi?,
answer: Nathuram Godse
* Rings Of Roads - Patrick Modiano - March 12, 2015
Book Name
Author
Notes
Awards
Patrick Modiano
Nobel prize in literature 2014
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan
won Man Booker Prize
The Scatter Here Is Too Great (Random House India)
Bilal Tanweer
Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2014
The Lowland
Jhumpa Lahiri
Pulitzer Prize 2015
3 Sections
Vijay Seshadri
Pulitzer Prize 2014
January 2015
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri
Author – Ex-Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Farishta
Kapil Isapuri
Case Filed (Court)
The Red Sari
Javier Moro
biography of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi
Madhorubhagan
Perumal Murugan
Case Filed (Court)
The Indian Parliament – A Critical Appraisal
Sudha Pai and Avinash Kumar
Released by Vice President Hamid Ansari
December 2014
An Odyssey in Tibet – a Pilgrimage to Kailash Mansarovar
Shri Tarun Vijay (MP)
Received by Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Why I Assassinated Gandhi
Nathuram Vinayak Godse and Gopal Vinayak Godse
Born Again on the Mountain: A Story of Losing Everything and Finding I
Arunima Sinha
Modi Launched the book
The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years
Pranab Mukherjee
President of India
Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years
Pranab Mukherjee(Panned)
November 2014
Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai
Rajmohan Gandhi
Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11
Sandeep Unnithan
2014 : The Election That Changed India
Rajdeep Sardesai
Editor-in-Chief of IBN18(Author)
My name is Abu Salem
S Hussain Zaidi
Biography – TADA court for withdrawal
Your Dreams Are Mine Now
Ravinder Singh
When God is a Traveller
Arundhathi Subramaniam
Playing it my way
Sachin Tendulkar
Autobiography
October 2014
Next ChinaIndia War World’s First Water War 2029
Sundararajan Padmanabhan
Former Army chief General ( Author)
Letters for a Nation
Jawaharlal Nehru (Author), Madhav Khosla (Ed.) (Author)
Nehru Gazing at Tomorrow
H R Bharadwaj
Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book
Worthy Fights : A memoir of leadership in war and peace
Leon E Panetta
Iqbal: The Life of a Poet, Philosopher and Politician
Zafar Anjum
Biography of Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Not Just an Accountant
Vinod Rai
Author -Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
Half Girlfriend
Chetan Bhagat
Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna
Gautam Chintamani
Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar
Dilip D’Souza
Untold Story of the Indian Public Sector:
Dr UD Choubey
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
International edition of Encyclopedia of Hinduism
India Heritage Research Foundation
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
Leon Panetta and Jim Newton
Syntheism: Creating God in The Internet Age
Alexander Bard
Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
September 2014
50 years of man in space
Brian May and David J Eicher
Grandmaster Repertoire — 1e4 vs The French, Caro-Bar and Philidor
Parimarjan Negi
Wolf in White Van
John Darnielle
The Children Act
Ian McEwan
A man and the Motorcycle
Bette Dam
And then one day
Nasiruddin Shah
Autobiography
Iqbal ka harfe sheerin
Abdul Haq
Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book
Odyssey of My Life
Shivraj Patil
Autobiography – Former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil
August 2014
The Truth Always Prevails: A Memoir
Sadruddin Hashwani
The Gods of Antarctica
Yashwardhan Shukla
Author (13 year old school boy)
Assasination of Rajeev Gandhi : an Inside Job
Faraz Ahmad
Strictly Personal : Manmohan and Gursharan
Daman Singh
Author – daughter of ex-Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh
Passion Flower : Seven Stories of Derangement
Cyrus Mistry
Gujarat’s Success Story in Water Management
Sriram Vedire
Released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah
Munger through the Ages
Devendra Prasad yadav
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy
July 2014
Modi:Incredible Emergence of a Star
Tarun Vijay
Modi biography – Author(BJP MP and journalist)
One Life is Not Enough
Natwar Singh
Autobiography [Minister of External Affairs]
Vijay Mallya
K. Giri Prakash
Author – Chief of Bureau, The Hindu Business Line
Coffee-Table
K. Giri Prakash
Author – Chief of Bureau, The Hindu Business Line
June 2014
Blood Feud : Obama Vs Clinton
Edward Klein
The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith (written by J. K. Rowling)
Green Poems
Gulzar
Indigo Rebellion
Ananda Bhattacharya
The Substance and the Shadow
Dilip Kumar
Autobiography
Lesson in Leadership
Lal Bahdur Shastri
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Memoir & Autobiography
Getting India Back on Track
Bibek Debroy, Ashley tellis and reece trevor
Hard Choices
Hillary Rodham Clinton
May 2014
A Stamp is Born
C R Pakrashi
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
How Neighbours Converge: The Politics and Economics of Regionalism
I P Khosla
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
India Junction : A Window to the Nation
Arunendra Kumar
Author -Chairman, Railway Board
Post Haste: Quintessential India
B G Verghese
Subalternity Exclusion and Social Change in India
Ashok K. Panday & Ajit K. Pandey
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
The Americans : A Novel
Chitra Viraraghavan
Redesigning the Aeroplane while Flying : Reforming Institution
Arun Maira
Author – Member of Planning Commission from 2009 to 2014
The Marwaris: From Jagat Seth to the Birlas
Thomas A. Timberg
Lives of Others
Neel Mukherjee
Nominee for Man Booker Prize
April 2014
Prem nam hai Mera
Rakita Nanda
Anticipating India:The Best of National Interest
Shekhar Gupta
An undocumented Wonder- the Making of the Great Indian Election
Dr SY Quraishi
Former Chief Election Commissioner
Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer
Cyrus Mistry
To Dad with Love
Sunaina Roshan
Arctic Summer
Damon Galgut
Prem Tirth
Narendra Modi
The Past as Present : Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
Romila Thapar
Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths
PC Parakh
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw : The Man and His Times
Behram M Panthaki & Zenobia Panthaki
The Accidental Prime Minister : The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh
Sanjay Baru
Author was Media advisor form may 2004 -2008
March 2014
Ambedkar: Awakening India’s Social Conscience
Dr. Narendra Jadhav
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
The Himalayan Face-Off
Shishir Gupta
India at Risk
Jaswant Singh
Former minister in the NDA government
Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri
Dr. R L Bhat
Sunrise in Slums
Dr. Ravindra Nath Shrivastava ‘Rajhans
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
The Sahara Testaments
Tade Ipadeola
The Political Economy of Energy and Growth
Najeeb Jung
Why India Votes
Mukulika Bannerjee
Enoch : I am a British Indian
Surendra Johua
Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership
Pavan Choudary .
February 2014
Single Man : The Life and Times of Nitish Kumar of Bihar
Sankarshan Thakur
Akbar the Aesthete
Indu Anand
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
The Last Word
Hanif Kureishi
Narendra Modi: A Political Biography
Andy Marino
Andy Marino is a British author and TV producer.
Public issues before parliament
Vijay Darda
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Reflections on Contemporary India
Shekhar Dutt
Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy
ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Governance
Sameer Kochhar
Arun Jaitley launches
Water, Peace and War – Confronting the Global Water Crisis
Brahma Chellaney
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
January 2014
India’s Political and Foreign Relation with the Gulf Region
A K Pasha
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Resurgent India: Glimpses of Rajiv Gandhi’s Vision of India
P D T Acharya
Released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Duties : Memories of a Secretary at War
Robert Gates
Warrior State
T V paul
** R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music: Khagesh Dev Burman
Book titled R.D. Burman: The Prince of Music authored by Khagesh Dev Burman was released on 27 June 2015, the day when the music world celebrated the 76th birth anniversary of Rahul Dev Burman.
** Ghosts of Calcutta: Sebastian Ortiz
Book titled Ghosts of Calcutta authored by Sebastian Ortiz was released on 23 July 2015. Sebastian Ortiz is the pen name of French Consul-General of India Fabrice Etienne.
The book translated from French and published by the Kolkata-based Sampark was launched by French Ambassador in Delhi François Richier.
** Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India: Jairam Ramesh
The book Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India was in news in the second week of July 2015. It was written by former Union Environment and Forest Minister (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh.
It unveils the story of environmental policy making in India from the perspective of a pivotal decision maker.
** India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension: Amiya Chandra
Book titled India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension authored by Amiya Chandra came in news in second week of July 2015. It came in news during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
** Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years: AS Dulat & Aditya Sinha
The book titled Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years was published on 6 July 2015 by HarperCollins. It was co-authored by AS Dulat and Aditya Sinha.
The book focuses on initiatives launched by the Vajpayee government between 1998 and 2004 to restore normalcy in India's most beautiful but troubled state.
The book includes firsthand account of AS Dulat, who was chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) during Vajpayee government, about the difficulties, successes and near triumphs in the effort to bring back Kashmir from the brink.
** 37 Bridges and Other Stories: Aamer Hussein
Book 37 Bridges and Other Stories authored by a noted Pakistani author Aamer Hussein book is a new collection of his stories. The book was released on 15 March 2015.
The author through the book highlights the matter of identity with respect to both the Hindu and Muslim. Further, the book identifies itself with Hussein’s identity who is a British citizen born to a Pakistani father and an Indian mother both of whom later settled in Britain.
** Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence: C Raja Mohan
The book titled Modi’s World: Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence authored by C Raja Mohan was published on 19 June 2015 by Harper Collins.
The focus of the book is on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy.
** Uniki: CH Vidyasagar Rao
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 3 July 2015 received the first copy of telugu book titled Uniki in Hyderabad.
It is a collection of essays written by CH Vidyasagar Rao, Governor of Maharashtra.
The President received the book from K Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana, who formally released it.
** Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam & Arun Tiwari
Book titled Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji authored by former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari was released on 15 June 2015.
** Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower: Henry M. Paulson
Book titled Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower authored by Henry M. Paulson was released on 14 April 2015.
The book takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China’s state-controlled capitalism.
** Book titled Red Tape to Red Carpet... and then some authored by Gina Rinehart was released on 23 June 2015. Rinehart is Chairperson of the Australian mining company Hancock Prospecting Group.
The book highlights the industry of Red Tape which thrives on doubt and Red Carpet which is built on trust.
** Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination: Teesta Setalvad
The book Beyond Doubt: A Dossier on Gandhi's Assassination was in news in the third week of June 2015.
It was compiled and introduced by Indian civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad and published by Tulika Books.
** Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait: Dr Anna Suvorova
The book Benazir Bhutto: A Multidimensional Portrait was released on 26 May 2015. It was written by Dr Anna Suvorova of Russia.
The book is devoted to the life and work of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007). She was the first female head of government in a Muslim state.
** Bikhare Khyalat: Abdul Haq
Book titled Bikhare Khyalat written by Prof Abdul Haq was presented to the Vice-President M Hamid Ansari on 18 June 2015. The book is an Urdu translation of Mohammed Iqbal’s writing in English tilted Stray Reflections.
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