Biography

A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae (résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of his or her life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in …

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The First History Lessons: The Flow of Rivers

PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English

First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important ideas of history, the series has been …

Arupjyoti Saikia’s book The Unquiet River: A Biography of the Brahmaputra will prove very useful in understanding …

2023 Gender Social Norms Index: breaking down gender biases: Shifting social norms towards gender equality

PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 June 2023 English

The Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) published this report on June 12, 2023. This is the second report in the series; the first was …

Health 62(3): S3–S5. Asbell, B. 1995. The Pill: A Biography of the Drug That Changed the World. New York: …