Suggestions for pieces of narrative nonfiction
from and about India
FOR MORE ON NONFICTION AND THE MANY SUBGENRES, VISIT THE SITE NARRATINGTRUTH.ORG
Books
Being Mortal af Atul Gawande, Metropolitan Book: 2014
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer af Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner: 2010
Articles
Documentaries
Famous In Ahmedabad inst. Hardik Mehta: 2015
Menstrual Man instr. Amit Virmani: 2013
Period. End of Sentence instr. Rayka Zehtabchi, Netflix: 2018
Ladies First inst. Uraaz Bahl, Red Ladder Productions: 2017
Indian Matchmaking Netflix, 2020
Meet the Patels inst. Geeta V. Patel and Ravi Patel: 2014
Meet the Patels Official Trailer (2015)
“House of Secrets” (Leena Yadav: 2021) is a docuseries that investigates the complex realities behind the Burari deaths.
Indian Matchmaking – further studies
“Indian Matchmaking Only Scratches the Surface of a Big Problem” by Sonia Saraiya Vanity Fair: 27 July, 2020
“Indian Matchmaking & Sima Taparia: Reality show or Reality check?” by Dhruv Rathee, Netflix India: 9 Sept., 2020.
U Up? “The One Where We Talk about Indian Matchmaking ft. Aparna Shewakramani”, 30 August, 2020.
“Documentaries vs. Reality TV: How They Shape Truth” Wisecrack: 15 Oct. 2019
“Indian Matchmaking creator Smriti Mundhra welcomes backlash” by Lisa Respers France, CNN: 29 July, 2020
“Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking Is The Talk Of India — And Not In A Good Way” by Shushmita Pathak, NPR: 26 July, 2020
PM Modi addressing the nation through channel Mann Ki Baat