Ajitha GS

We will be spending our Sunday at @BookshopInc where @p_semolina will be in conversation with Sanjay Kak to talk about her book ‘Dapaan: Tales from Kashmir’s Conflict’. Join us! RSVP: pages.razorpay.com/dapaan

Happy pub day to @Plebeian42 's much anticipated debut Wild Wild East ! Get your copy from your favourite bookstore or online.

It’s here, it’s here, it’s here! My dream, my obsession, my madness. My first book :) Wild Wild East, a work of narrative nonfiction, exposes how the systemic abuse of the H-1B visa programme ‘enslaves’ Indian IT workers and exiles American techies. It unfolds through the stories of two H-1B workers and an American professional, covering their lives from the late ’90s to 2025. Based on eight years of reporting and research, it unearths a story too bad to be true, where the villains are many, the heroes are few. Most corporate crimes hinge on a few perpetrators (an individual, a group, a company), but the H-1B scam makes an entire society—nay, societies—complicit. If your perceptions of high-skilled immigration are shaped by the American and Indian mainstream media, then Wild Wild East will stir you awake: about our ignorance, apathy, indoctrination. Because, besides unveiling mind-bending scams, it also spotlights how they’ve been suppressed by fabled institutions and individuals for … decades. I hope you’ll give my book—and me—a chance. Because the right time to squash this scam, which has ravaged millions of lives, was yesterday. You can pre-order it on Amazon here: amzn.in/d/08LC5HRF

Work with us! We’re hiring a graphic designer who is proficient with softwares such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator & has a passion for reading and creating book covers for our list. If this role suits you, please mail your resume & portfolio to: saurabhg@pratilipi.com.

A terrific book that breaks form and tells the stories that have been forgotten. It is a must-read, especially in these times, when the Kashmiri media has largely been silenced. Kudos for this, @p_semolina.

My take in @thewire_in on how the latest book by @tmkrishna We The People: Decoding a Nation’s Symbols sheds light on reasons why #Sangh Parivar constantly commits blasphemies against the Preamble of the Constitution! Its recent distortion in #Baghpat, #UP by the District Magistrate and #BJP leaders shows why the Preamble is problematic for them. m.thewire.in/article/commun…

Eight years ago, when we started to build @ContextIndia, this is exactly the kind of book and conversation we hoped to make possible. Thank you, writers & readers for sticking with us. And thank you, all the brilliant people who have been part of discussions around these books.

Special book alert! Coming to stores soon, this remarkable examination of citizenship, democracy, and the symbols that represent us as a nation. Pre-order @tmkrishna’s We, the People of India now: amzn.in/d/aAgAnF5

"Most citizens trust polls and EVMs, shows survey": extraordinary @DeccanHerald lead story Doesn't disclose that survey "commissioned by @ECISVEEP" was done by an NGO whose founder now works at @PMOIndia---and who wrote a fawning tribute to @narendramodi's "leadership" in 2024. Survey done in May 2025; @RahulGandhi first aired #VoteChori charges in Aug 2025. @bharathjoshi

We are starting the new year on a high note! Delighted to see Srikar Raghavan’s Rama Bhima Soma and @p_semolina’s Dapaan on @frontline_india’s best non-fiction books of 2025. Available at all major bookstores and online! @ContextIndia

We, the people of India Decoding A Nation’s Symbols This book has been over five years in the making. Hours spent excavating archival material and thinking about what it means to be Indian. The symbols being a pathway to understanding our present. This is that moment when the book goes to print and you can’t make any more last minutes tweaks! The book will be out in January 2026. @WestlandBooks @gautamreader @karthikavk @ajithags @ContextIndia

Stop whatever you’re doing & pay attention to this. District admins across Assam are ordering Bengali Muslims who are declared foreigners by Foreigners Tribunals to GO TO BANGLADESH WITHIN 24 HRS. Absolute travesty of justice, unlike anything in history. assamtribune.com/assam/biswanat…

‘In design and execution, Be­tween Worlds is one of the more open-minded books you are likely to come across this year.’ Read @locusmag’s review of Between Worlds, the inaugural IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88. locusmag.com/review/between…

Dearest friends and the lovely people of Bengaluru, excited to share and discuss my book with Srikrishna Ayyangar, @twitatreyee and you all @bicblr Please sign up here ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Read ‘Draupadi’ here, and face what the state fears most: a woman who refuses to break usawa.in/blog/short-fic…

Open Call! We are now accepting submissions for the second volume of Between Worlds, the IF anthology of new Indian SFF, edited by @gautambhatia88. Writers of #SpeculativeFiction, please send us your entries! A detailed note and guidelines here: sites.google.com/pratilipi.com/…

Gurgaon! On December 4, we meet at Museo Camera and chat about Ritwik Ghatak and Unmechanical. Do come if you can. @WestlandBooks @ajithags @jaiarjun @thesanghamitra @shillpiasingh

Grateful to Professor @PalshikarSuhas for this deeply thoughtful and generous review of The Dravidian Pathway. Thrilled and humbled that the book’s arguments resonated with someone whose scholarship has shaped, and continues to shape, our understanding of Indian politics. @frontline_india @HurstPublishers @MikeDwyerMike @WestlandBooks @karthikavk @ajithags @KingsIndiaInst @KITLV_KNAW @Kings_SGA @KingsSSPP frontline.thehindu.com/books/dravidia…

Unmechanical (ed. by @shamyad) brings together diverse voices talking about the world and craft of Ritwik Ghatak. Now in bookstores and online #Ghatakat100

We are all over the moon as Zara Chowdhary's The Lucky Ones wins the First Book Non-Fiction Award at @litlivefest!