Important books and their authors of 2017

 June Month
“The Emergency-Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour” → Surya Prakash (Chairman of Prasar
Bharati)
“ A horse walk into a war” → David Grossman (israeli author won the Man Booker
International Prize 2017)
“Yug purush,Bharat ratna,Atal ji”→ Pokhriyal (ex uttrakhand CM authors book on Vajpayee)
“The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” → Arundhati Roy
“Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature” → Jairam Ramesh
“India might become an educationally failed nation” → Ganesh Devy
Beren And Luthien → J.R.R. Tolkien

May Month
“Confessions of a dying mind: The blind faith of atheism” → Kiren Rijiju
“Winning like Virat: Think & Succeed like Kohli” → Abhirup Bhattacharya
“Asha Parekh: The Hit Girl” (Asha Parekh’s autobiography) → Khalid Mohamed

April Month
“Matoshree” → Sumitra Mahajan (Lok Sabha Speaker)
“The Flaming Tresses of Draupadi” → M Veerappa Moily
Hope in a Challenged Democracy: An Indian Narrative → Ashwani Kumar
“Gandhi in Champaran” → Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
Home of the Brave → Nitin A Gokhale & Brig S K Chatterji
Indian Railway- The weaving of a National Tapestry→ Shri Bibek Debroy (Member, NITI
Aayog) Shri Sanjay Chadha (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce) & Ms. Vidya
Krishnamurthi.

March Month
“My Story – An autobiography of Michael Clarke” (former international cricketer and captain of
Australia)
“Rekha: The Untold Story “→ Yasser Usman
The Rise of Sivagami: Book 1 of Baahubali → Anand Neelakanthan
“Numbers Lie Do” → Akash Chopra (Former Indian cricketer)
February Month
“Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl” → Ram Kamal Mukherjee (Hema Malini Biography)
“Veerappan, Chasing the Brigand” → K Vijay Kumar
“The Golden House” → Salman Rushdie
Akhada: The Authorized Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat → Saurabh Duggal
Black Water Lilies→ Michel Bussi
The Trespasser → Tana French
 Goras and Desis: Managing Agencies and the Making of Corporate India→ Omkar Goswami
Thamel: Dark Star of Kathmandu → Rabi Thapa

January Month
“Khullam Khulla” → Rishi Kapoor’s Autobiography
Jinnah often came to our house → Kiran Doshi (Hindu Prize 2016 Winner)
“The People’s President: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam” → S M Khan
The Adivasi Will Not Dance → Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
Kalkatta → Kunal Basu
Half of What I Say → Anil Menon
The Island of Lost Girls → Manjula Padmanabhan
Son of the Thundercloud→ Easterine Kire
From Mumbai to Durban: India’s Greatest Tests → S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath
“The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox” → Ullekh NP
My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalyaan Mission → K Radhakrishnan with Nilanjan
Routh
The Front Page Murders→ Puja Changoiwala
Faith, Unity and Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan → Hein G Kiessling
A Full Night’s Thievery: Stories → Mitra Phukan
A Life in Science → CNR Rao
“The Sellout” → Paul Beatty (Man Booker Prize 2016 Winner)
The Pigeon Tunnel → John Le Carre
Cambridge Company → Farrukh Dhondy
Pakistan: Courting the Abyss → Tilak Devasher
An Unsuitable Boy → Karan Johar with Poonam Saxena

o 22nd edition of the asian athletics championship hele in Indai ,odisha

o 41 countries attend the games.
o Olly,the oliv ridely see turtle.

Important (ABBREVIATIONS - of ALL SCHEMES)

•UDAY - UJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE YOJANA
•SEHAT - Social Endevour For Healthcare And Telemedicine
•PMMY - PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA
•PMJDY - PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA
•PMJJBY - Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
•PMSBY - PRDHAN MANTRI SURAKSHA BIMA YOJANA
•APY - ATAL PENSION YOJANA (old name swalamban yojana)
•KVP - KISAN VIKAS PATRA
•SBA - SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN
•PMSAGY - Prdhan Mantri Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.
•KABY - KRISHI AMDANI BEEMA YOJANA
•AMRUT - ATAL MISSION FOR REJUVENATION & URBAN TRANSFORMATION
•PMGSY - PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SINCHAI YOJANA
•BSA - BAL SWACHHTA ABHIYAN
•NGM - NAMAMI GANGA YOJANA
•HRIDAY - HERITAGE CITY DEVELOPMENT & AUGMENTATION YOJANA
•USTTAD - UPGRADING THE SKILLS & TRAINING IN TRADITIONAL ARTS/CRAFTS
FOR DEVELOPMENT
•PMMMNMTT - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Mission On Teachers & TEACHING
•PRASAD - PILGRIMAGE REJUVENATION & SPRITUAL AUGMENTATION DRIVE
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