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Kanishka Gupta
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    May 18, 2025
    Ali Khan Mahmudabad—an important, gifted author I’ve represented for years and a good friend—is one of the most erudite, decent, and respectful people I know. He’s being put through hell. I just hope he’s safe, out of harm’s way, and released soon. Fingers crossed!
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    May 21, 2025
    Overwhelmed with joy as my authors Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi make history with their Booker win—my second in just four years!
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Apr 17, 2022
    Josy Joseph’s critically acclaimed, bestselling book “The Silent Coup: A History of India's Deep State” will be published internationally by Hurst Publishers in July 2022, as “How to Subvert a Democracy: Inside India’s Deep State!"
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    May 26, 2022
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    The Booker Prizes
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    May 26, 2022
    We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #2022InternationalBooker Prize is ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi to English by @shreedaisy and published by @TiltedAxisPress @TerribleMan @JeremyTiang @mervatim @VascoDaGappah @VivGroskop
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Feb 25, 2025
    Huge congratulations to our authors Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq for making the International Booker longlist! Thrilled to see WS authors back in Booker contention!
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    The Booker Prizes
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    Feb 25, 2025
    Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Dec 28, 2022
    Congratulations again to Mihir Vatsa on winning the coveted Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award for his travel memoir Tales of Hazaribagh
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Feb 27, 2021
    Ravi Deecee of DC Books will be publishing the entire Scroll.in series on Publishing during the Pandemic in a box-set comprising three volumes!
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Apr 8, 2025
    Huge congratulations to our authors Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq on Heart Lamp being shortlisted for the International Booker Prize — a landmark achievement for the translator, the author, and South Asian literature!
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    The Booker Prizes
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    Apr 8, 2025
    Presenting the #InternationalBooker2025 shortlist. Find out more about all the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    May 30, 2022
    Celebrating Daisy and Geetanjali’s historic Booker win with the Penguin India team!
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    May 28, 2022
    Daisy’s Booker win featured on the front page of TOI🤩🤩🤩
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Aug 5, 2025
    Huge congratulations to our author Yuvan Aves for making publishing history as the first South Asian writer to be shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, for his extraordinary debut Intertidal!
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Oct 17, 2022
    Warmest congratulations to my friend and author @ShehanKaru on his unprecedented Booker win!
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    The Booker Prizes
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    Oct 17, 2022
    We are delighted to announce that the WINNER of the #BookerPrize2022 is ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida ’ by Shehan Karunatilaka. Discover more about the winning book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib… @ShehanKaru @SortofBooks @ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    Nov 9, 2020
    My scroll series has turned 8 months and 155 essays old. Gratitude to the redoubtable Arunava Sinha, Naresh Fernandes and all the contributors who have shared stories of immense resilience and enterprise in the face of this unprecedented phenomenon.
    Publishing And The Pandemic
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    Kanishka Gupta
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    May 31, 2022
    Containing iconic stories like ‘Elephant Doctor’ and ‘A Hundred Armchairs’, this collection by the great Tamil writer Jeyamohan, brings together twelve inspiring and imaginative narratives, all based on the lives of real people.