Against The Wind | HarperCollins
Rajni Kumar
The British-born educationist writes about her arrival in India, falling in love and setting up a kindergarten in the living room of her house in 1955, which became Springdales School, which combines pedagogical methodologies like Froebel and Montessori, among others, with structure and free-play activity. Along with her life, the 96-year-old author also chronicles the changing times.
Shadow City | Penguin
Taran N. Khan
The writer arrived in Kabul in 2006 and began to explore its streets, finding a city quite different from the one she had expected. Through reflections on Kabul’s past and present, its culture and people, she presents a personal, illuminating and elegiac prose map of a city that most know only in terms of conflict.
Naked | Westland
Papa C.J.
The award-winning comedian recounts his life—studying at a boarding school in the Himalayas, searching for a job after graduation, pursuing an MBA at Oxford University and working with an international consulting firm, only to transition to stand-up comedy. On one instance, he had to perform at gunpoint in South Africa.
