memoir

"Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak, but they reveal what he is!" wrote a 21-year-old Hemant Karkare in his diary on 17 May 1975. He didn't know it then that when such 'occasions' would arise later in his life, he would be revealed as a man of incomparable valour and extreme resilience. Karkare, who sacrificed his life serving as Mumbai's Anti-terrorist Squad chief 11 eyars ago during the 26/11 terror attacks, has been epitomised as the 'brave-heart' and 'daredevil' cop of India by domestic as well as…

Actor Priyanka Chopra on Tuesday revealed that she has completed the final manuscript of her memoir, "Unfinished", and the book is set to come out soon. "Unfinished" is a collection of personal essays, stories and observations of the 38-year-old actor, to be published by Penguin Random House India. Priyanka took to Twitter and said the book comes from an extremely personal, introspective space. "'Unfinished' is finished! Just about sent in the final manuscript! Wheee! Cannot wait to share it with you all.…

New Delhi: Award-winning actor Neena Gupta is slated to come out with a no-holds-barred account of her personal and professional life in 2021, announced publishing house Penguin Random House India on Thursday. The memoir, “Sach Kahun Toh", will chronicle her life — from her childhood in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, and her time at the National School of Drama, to her move to Bombay in the 1980s, as well as her struggles to find work. It will be published under Penguin ‘Ebury Press’ imprint, they added. A National Award…