A Life', has been launched at Kitaab Kolkata event. The book is a clear and detailed biography of B.R. Ambedkar.

• Shashi Tharoor's latest book, "Ambedkar: A Life", was recently launched at the Kitaab Kolkata event. This new biography tells the story of B.R. Ambedkar with great clarity and insight.
• Tharoor traces the arc of Ambedkar's life, from his birth into a family of Mahars in the Bombay Presidency on 14 April 1891 to his death in Delhi on 6 December 1956. 
• He describes the many challenges and humiliations that Ambedkar faced in a society that discriminated against his community, and the single-minded determination with which he overcame every obstacle he encountered.