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Indian publisher of bestselling books, for readers of every stripe. For submissions: [email protected]
We have a treat for Delhi Cinephiles in December!
More details coming soon!
#Ghatakat100 #Unmechanical
More details coming soon!
#Ghatakat100 #Unmechanical
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We have a treat for Delhi Cinephiles in December!
More details coming soon!
#Ghatakat100 #Unmechanical
More details coming soon!
#Ghatakat100 #Unmechanical
#Tuesday Recommendation!
We are reading the brilliant and hard-hitting essays about the #GreatNicobar Project in Island on Edge (ed. by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
Get your copy of this important and timely book from your nearest bookstore or online!
We are reading the brilliant and hard-hitting essays about the #GreatNicobar Project in Island on Edge (ed. by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
Get your copy of this important and timely book from your nearest bookstore or online!
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#Tuesday Recommendation!
We are reading the brilliant and hard-hitting essays about the #GreatNicobar Project in Island on Edge (ed. by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
Get your copy of this important and timely book from your nearest bookstore or online!
We are reading the brilliant and hard-hitting essays about the #GreatNicobar Project in Island on Edge (ed. by Pankaj Sekhsaria)
Get your copy of this important and timely book from your nearest bookstore or online!
The Delhi release of Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence took us to bookstores across Delhi and ended with a wonderful discussion at Jawahar Bhawan with Apoorvanand, Githa Hariharan and Revati Laul.
Get your copy of this heartwarming biography today!
Get your copy of this heartwarming biography today!
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Delhi release of Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence took us to bookstores across Delhi and ended with a wonderful discussion at Jawahar Bhawan with Apoorvanand, Githa Hariharan and Revati Laul.
Get your copy of this heartwarming biography today!
Get your copy of this heartwarming biography today!
It is pub day for the most awaited Island on Edge (ed. by Pankaj Sekhsaria), asking the important questions about the #GreatNicobarProject.
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateCrisis
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It is pub day for the most awaited Island on Edge (ed. by Pankaj Sekhsaria), asking the important questions about the #GreatNicobarProject.
#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateCrisis
We loved reading this early review of Shamya Dasgupta edited Unmechanical in India Today !
Unmechanical is now in bookstores and online.
#Ghatakat100
www.indiatoday.in/magazine/lei...
Unmechanical is now in bookstores and online.
#Ghatakat100
www.indiatoday.in/magazine/lei...
A multi-faceted maverick | Book on Ritwik Ghatak
A centenary tribute, this collection frames Ritwik Ghatak’s tempestuous genius into a vivid portrait beyond myth and melancholy
www.indiatoday.in
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We loved reading this early review of Shamya Dasgupta edited Unmechanical in India Today !
Unmechanical is now in bookstores and online.
#Ghatakat100
www.indiatoday.in/magazine/lei...
Unmechanical is now in bookstores and online.
#Ghatakat100
www.indiatoday.in/magazine/lei...
Gautam Bhatia (@gautambhatia88.bsky.social) talks to Moneycontrol about the scope of Indian SFF, Between Worlds and plans for the next volume of IF anthology.
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Gautam Bhatia (@gautambhatia88.bsky.social) talks to Moneycontrol about the scope of Indian SFF, Between Worlds and plans for the next volume of IF anthology.
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
Read here: www.moneycontrol.com/books/is-the...
Listen to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social talk to @jbhattacharjirose.bsky.social about Between Worlds and the realm of Indian SFF.
open.spotify.com/episode/3BHl...
open.spotify.com/episode/3BHl...
Between Worlds: Gautam Bhatia Talks Evolution & Future of Indian Sci-Fi Fantasy
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Listen to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social talk to @jbhattacharjirose.bsky.social about Between Worlds and the realm of Indian SFF.
open.spotify.com/episode/3BHl...
open.spotify.com/episode/3BHl...
Reposted by Westland Books
THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR won a British Fantasy Award, a Subjective Chaos Kind of Award, and was nominated for the Locus Awards. It's also available in South Asia (with a slightly differently spelled title) as a paperback from @westlandbooks.bsky.social:
ICYMI; THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAAR, my British Fantasy & Subjective Chaos Kind of Award-winning novella about a 'boy from nowhere' coming of age in 90s/00s Calcutta, in a family that may be refugees from another reality, in a house that may be a dragons' nest, is now available in S. Asia.
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR won a British Fantasy Award, a Subjective Chaos Kind of Award, and was nominated for the Locus Awards. It's also available in South Asia (with a slightly differently spelled title) as a paperback from @westlandbooks.bsky.social:
Join us for the Delhi release of Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence at Jawahar Bhawan on 21 Nov.
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Join us for the Delhi release of Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence at Jawahar Bhawan on 21 Nov.
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) brings together diverse voices talking about the world and craft of Ritwik Ghatak.
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) brings together diverse voices talking about the world and craft of Ritwik Ghatak.
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
If you are in #Chennai, we have the perfect plan for your Sunday afternoon on 16 Nov!
Join us for a dramatised reading of Krupa Ge's Burns Boy.
Join us for a dramatised reading of Krupa Ge's Burns Boy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If you are in #Chennai, we have the perfect plan for your Sunday afternoon on 16 Nov!
Join us for a dramatised reading of Krupa Ge's Burns Boy.
Join us for a dramatised reading of Krupa Ge's Burns Boy.
We are all over the moon as Zara Chowdhary's The Lucky Ones wins the First Book Non-Fiction Award at the Mumbai Lit Live!
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We are all over the moon as Zara Chowdhary's The Lucky Ones wins the First Book Non-Fiction Award at the Mumbai Lit Live!
We had a lovely time at the launch of Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence in #Chennai.
Here are some snippets from the evening!
Here are some snippets from the evening!
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We had a lovely time at the launch of Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence in #Chennai.
Here are some snippets from the evening!
Here are some snippets from the evening!
On #Ghatakat100 centenary day, we are revisiting this quote from the essay by stalwart Nabarun Bhattacharya.
Read the full essay in Shamya Dasgupta edited Unmechanical.
Now in bookstores and online.
Read the full essay in Shamya Dasgupta edited Unmechanical.
Now in bookstores and online.
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
On #Ghatakat100 centenary day, we are revisiting this quote from the essay by stalwart Nabarun Bhattacharya.
Read the full essay in Shamya Dasgupta edited Unmechanical.
Now in bookstores and online.
Read the full essay in Shamya Dasgupta edited Unmechanical.
Now in bookstores and online.
What makes Ghatak's work tick in today's world?
The editor of Unmechanical, Shamya Dasgupta breaks it down in Times of India
Read more about Ghatak and his life in Unmechanical. Now in bookstores.
The editor of Unmechanical, Shamya Dasgupta breaks it down in Times of India
Read more about Ghatak and his life in Unmechanical. Now in bookstores.
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
What makes Ghatak's work tick in today's world?
The editor of Unmechanical, Shamya Dasgupta breaks it down in Times of India
Read more about Ghatak and his life in Unmechanical. Now in bookstores.
The editor of Unmechanical, Shamya Dasgupta breaks it down in Times of India
Read more about Ghatak and his life in Unmechanical. Now in bookstores.
'Ritwik continues to be relevant today "because he obsessed about the human search for identity, home and nation,"'
It's Ritwik Ghatak's birth anniversary today and we are celebrating it all day!
Get your Ghatak stories from Shamya Dasgupta's Unmechanical.
www.hindustantimes.com/entertainmen...
It's Ritwik Ghatak's birth anniversary today and we are celebrating it all day!
Get your Ghatak stories from Shamya Dasgupta's Unmechanical.
www.hindustantimes.com/entertainmen...
In a world defined by fault lines, the enduring relevance of Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik’s were gritty, dark, real films, about real people and their real stories. Yet, even when there was a tragic climax, his films ended with a chime of hope
www.hindustantimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
'Ritwik continues to be relevant today "because he obsessed about the human search for identity, home and nation,"'
It's Ritwik Ghatak's birth anniversary today and we are celebrating it all day!
Get your Ghatak stories from Shamya Dasgupta's Unmechanical.
www.hindustantimes.com/entertainmen...
It's Ritwik Ghatak's birth anniversary today and we are celebrating it all day!
Get your Ghatak stories from Shamya Dasgupta's Unmechanical.
www.hindustantimes.com/entertainmen...
Nothing spells a good weekend than reading a good book about a director who changed the way the world views Indian Cinema.
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) is in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) is in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Nothing spells a good weekend than reading a good book about a director who changed the way the world views Indian Cinema.
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) is in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) is in bookstores and online. Get your copy today!
'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 in the @scroll.in from Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 fragments
Now in bookstores.
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Read this extract in the @scroll.in from Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 fragments
Now in bookstores.
scroll.in/reel/1088118...
Book excerpt: Ritwik Ghatak’s journey in Hindi cinema and the path he chose not to walk
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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October 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
'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 in the @scroll.in from Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 fragments
Now in bookstores.
scroll.in/reel/1088118...
Read this extract in the @scroll.in from Unmechanical: Ritwik Ghatak in 50 fragments
Now in bookstores.
scroll.in/reel/1088118...
‘Wonderfully haunting’
Read @hindustan-times.bsky.social’s review of @indrapramitdas.bsky.social’s The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar here: www.hindustantimes.com/books/review...
Read @hindustan-times.bsky.social’s review of @indrapramitdas.bsky.social’s The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar here: www.hindustantimes.com/books/review...
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
‘Wonderfully haunting’
Read @hindustan-times.bsky.social’s review of @indrapramitdas.bsky.social’s The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar here: www.hindustantimes.com/books/review...
Read @hindustan-times.bsky.social’s review of @indrapramitdas.bsky.social’s The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar here: www.hindustantimes.com/books/review...
For all the rebellious readers out there!
Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence is in bookstores and online.
Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence is in bookstores and online.
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
For all the rebellious readers out there!
Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence is in bookstores and online.
Kalpana Karunakaran's A Woman of No Consequence is in bookstores and online.
It is pub day for Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta)- a collection of 50 essays about Ritwik Ghatak's life and work by his collaborators, family, friends, academics and fans.
Now in bookstores and online.
Now in bookstores and online.
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
It is pub day for Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta)- a collection of 50 essays about Ritwik Ghatak's life and work by his collaborators, family, friends, academics and fans.
Now in bookstores and online.
Now in bookstores and online.
