This is the story of Mitali, but essentially the story of almost every Indian woman who has reached the ‘marriageable’ age but hasn’t settled down for various reasons and has hence come under the scrutiny of the society by default.…
Westland Publishing launches new imprint, Eka Westland Publications Pvt Ltd (an Amazon company) is launching their new imprint, Eka, in December 2018. The best of contemporary fiction and non-fiction by established as well as first-time writers will be a key focus of…
Westland to Publish CLASSICAL MUSIC OF INDIA by L. Subramaniam and Viji Subramaniam Classical Music of India is an accessible introduction to Indian classical music that is also a scholarly appraisal of the forms and their place in global systems of…
Bloomsbury to Publish The Great Indian Railways by Arup K Chatterjee ‘In this fascinating cultural history, Arup K Chatterjee charts the extraordinary journey of the Indian Railways, from the laying of the very first sleeper to the first post-Independence…
THE LONG DRIVE HOME by Rishad Sam Mehta 20121 KMS | 1813 LITRES | 54 DAYS | 8 TIME ZONES The great overland drive from Europe to India was Rishad’s dream since his early teens, stemming from a childhood full…
Westland to publish BULLOCKS FROM THE WEST five punjai stories and a play by NA MUTHUSWAMY Translated by David Shulman and S Ramakrishnan In the village of Punjai, the ordinary is magical in the eyes of Na Muthuswamy. Two bullocks…
Westland to publish The Fire Burns Blue by Karunya Kashyap and Sidhanta Patnaik THE FIRE BURNS BLUE A History of Women’s Cricket in India A comprehensive history of women’s cricket right from its origins to the present-day. In July 2017,…
THE SIXTH STRING OF VILAYAT KHAN By Namita Devidayal An imaginative, deeply empathetic biography of one of Indian music’s most charismatic figures. Everyone knows Vilayat Khan, but no one knows Vilayat Khan. In this beautifully layered biography, Namita Devidayal presents the ustad:…
Ethos Literary Festival 2018 (ELF 2018) PRESS RELEASE In a recent tweet the New Asian Writing, an online Asian literary community, has urged, “The Indians are ruining literary festivals. There are more people from Bollywood than real writers. Invite…
MILK TEETH by Amrita Mahale (The first novel of Westland’s Context imprint) Amrita Mahale is an aeronautic engineer by profession, from IIT Bombay and Stanford University, a department topper and also the only woman in her class, who took a…
Bloomsbury to Publish The Restless Girls by Jessie Burton Illustrated by Angela Barrett A dazzling, feminist fairytale from the bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. An essential gift, this inspirational story about family, sisterhood, imagination and bravery is…
Bloomsbury to Publish Yeh Un Dinoñ Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends by Yasir Abbasi A rich and unusual treasure trove of translations from old Urdu magazines that were immensely popular from the 1930s to the 1990s Peppered…