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Best mid-week news! We are delighted to see our books on the @litlivefest shortlist! Congratulations to our authors Rahul Bhatia, Zara Chowdhary and Srikar Raghavan.
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'But things change soon after. He ‘sells’ a story, and he thinks up another one. The first will be a superhit film. The second will be a non-starter.' Read this extract from Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 fragments, ed. by @shamyad Now in bookstores. https://t.co/IKL8ePOeCr
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He described Mumbai, where he wrote ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Musafir’, as ‘rotten’ and ‘crude’ and ‘materialistic’ and ‘completely unsuited to any creative work’.
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We are thrilled to see four of our books on the @litlivefest longlist! Congratulations to our authors Rahul Bhatia, Zara Chowdhary, Srikar Raghavan and @AlinaGufran.
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Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India completes a decade with a new anniversary edition and a Prologue. Heartfelt thanks to @Ram_Guha, @newindiafndtion, scholars, editors, friends, family who made it possible. @chacchachoudhry @ajithags @karthikavk
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Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India - 10th Anniversary Edition is one of the top 10 bestselling Society and Social Sciences books by Akshaya Mukul. Discover Best Society and Social Sciences...
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This festive season, we have the perfect gift for your film buff friends! Unmechanical, edited by @shamyad, brings together 50 essays by family, artists, writers, academics and fans of Ritwik Ghatak to celebrate his centenary. Pre-order now on https://t.co/MhHKtYlwMG
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We are delighted to see @IndrapramitDas’s The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar on the @AttaGalatta @BlrLitFest Book Prize shortlist for Children’s Fiction. If you still haven't read this moving coming-of-age novella yet, get your copy today!
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Kalyani Ramnath's deeply researched Boats in a Storm is now in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!
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The best news today! Congratulations @gautambhatia88! If y'all are still to read this brilliant novel, now is a good time to find it. @WestlandBooks #IF
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“The viewer has to be in the frame and is implicated by the story." says @ItaMehrotra as she speaks about her process in Uprooted. Read the full interview @ASuitableAgency @ContextIndia
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For graphic novelist Ita Mehrotra, the personal and political are continuously intertwined, as evident in her latest book.
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‘Dapaan is not just a book about Kashmir’s conflict — it is a testament to the stubborn endurance of memory.’ Read @mehakjamal’s review of @p_semolina’s Dapaan for @the_hindu here: https://t.co/btnDjmQb24
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The world seems to be on fire but hopelessness is not a luxury we can afford. Thank you @VRFerose for writing this piece and @NewIndianXpress for carrying it. Love that my @WestlandBooks #AudaciousHope finds a mention in it. @ajithags @karthikavk
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“We have seen the end of the world, and we have decided not to accept it.”– Murrawah Johnson, Indigenous climate activistThere is something deeply unsettling an
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‘Chakravarty is an old-school reporter, and therefore she uses first-person recollections as the connective tissue between disparate narrative strands, amplifying the emotional notes.’ Read @aditya_mani_jha’s review of @p_semolina’s Dapaan for @IndiaToday: https://t.co/i5QHKNHin2
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Sharing my brief introduction to the anthology, which outlines the process through which it was put together.
So delighted to share that BETWEEN WORLDS: THE IF ANTHOLOGY OF NEW INDIAN SFF, is now available for pre-order - and will be in bookshops on 18 August! [Pre-order link in thread. 👇🏼]
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Thrilled to announce that my book - The Dravidian Pathway - is now available order! It follows reading rooms, street debates and anti-caste action that lifted the DMK into power. A decade of research in one cover. A timely reminder that movements do not just need momentum; they
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We are so pleased to have our books (@santanu_bx’s Deviants and Zara Chowdhary’s The Lucky Ones) on the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2025 awarded by The New Indian Express group. @ContextIndia @santwana99 @tniefeatures @NewIndianXpress
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#Delhi we are going bookstore-hopping with @ItaMehrotra tomorrow afternoon! Come join us. @ContextIndia @ASuitableAgency @midlandbook @midlandsouthex @kunzum
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What timing: A comparison of India and Israel with respect to their actions in Kashmir and Gaza. Look forward to your astute, razor sharp and no-punches-pulled analysis as ever @azadessa
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‘In the cold light of surveillance, words and gestures were suddenly thrown into sharp relief, rendered almost theatrical.’ @p_semolina’s Dapaan is a polyphonic retelling of the Kashmir conflict. Available at major bookstores & online. @ContextIndia
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Finally @IndrapramitDas!! (As always, thanks to @bookworm_Kris for getting this to me fastly & also to @WestlandBooks for the IF imprint) #IndianSF
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Listen to @ravish_journo on @josyjosephkj's The Silent Coup. This extraordinary work of investigative journalism is available in bookstores and online. #mumbaitrainblast #Mumbai
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