
Ajitha GS
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A walk through the history of Kashmir through the word of the mouth. A powerful articulation of generational grief and hope. "Dapaan" is a powerful rendition of our pain and sufferings. It speaks truths that stay with you long after the last page. Hats off Ipsita Chakravarty !


#Books | Ipsita Chakravarty's Dapaan traces #Kashmir’s oral traditions—from ladi shah to wanwun—as ways of surviving surveillance, censorship, and state violence with wit intact. Review by Shakir Mir. frontline.thehindu.com/books/oral-tra… Westland Books

Finally Indrapramit Das!! (As always, thanks to Bookworm Bookstore, Blr for getting this to me fastly & also to Westland Books for the IF imprint) #IndianSF


Listen to ravish kumar on Josy Joseph's The Silent Coup. This extraordinary work of investigative journalism is available in bookstores and online. #mumbaitrainblast #Mumbai Context


We are so pleased to have our books (Santanu Bhattacharya 🏳️🌈’s Deviants and Zara Chowdhary’s The Lucky Ones) on the Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2025 awarded by The New Indian Express group. Context santwanabhattacharya TNIE Features The New Indian Express



#Delhi we are going bookstore-hopping with Ita Mehrotra tomorrow afternoon! Come join us. Context A Suitable Agency Midland The Book Shop ™ Midland The BookShop Kunzum




‘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 GOLDMAN EQUITIES’s review of Ipsita Chakravarty’s Dapaan for IndiaToday:indiatoday.in/magazine/leisu…


The world seems to be on fire but hopelessness is not a luxury we can afford. Thank you Ferose V R for writing this piece and The New Indian Express for carrying it. Love that my Westland Books #AudaciousHope finds a mention in it. Ajitha GS Karthika V.K. newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu…

‘Dapaan is not just a book about Kashmir’s conflict — it is a testament to the stubborn endurance of memory.’ Read Mehak Jamal’s review of Ipsita Chakravarty’s Dapaan for The Hindu here: thehindu.com/books/act-of-r…


“The viewer has to be in the frame and is implicated by the story." says Ita Mehrotra as she speaks about her process in Uprooted. Read the full interview A Suitable Agency Context tribuneindia.com/news/book-revi…

The best news today! Congratulations Gautam Bhatia! If y'all are still to read this brilliant novel, now is a good time to find it. Westland Books #IF




We are delighted to see Indrapramit Das’s The Last Dragoners of Bowbazaar on the Atta Galatta Bangalore Lit Fest Book Prize shortlist for Children’s Fiction. If you still haven't read this moving coming-of-age novella yet, get your copy today!


Gita Press and The Making of Hindu India completes a decade with a new anniversary edition and a Prologue. Heartfelt thanks to Ramachandra Guha, New India Foundation, scholars, editors, friends, family who made it possible. Abhishek Choudhary Ajitha GS Karthika V.K. harpercollins.co.in/product/gita-p…