Westland Books announces the launch of Commonwealth Writers Prize Awardee Githa Hariharan’s non-fiction collection This Too Is India: Conversations on Diversity and Dissent

Westland Books today announced the release of Githa Hariharan’s non-fiction, This Too Is India: Conversations on Diversity and Dissent. The book captures wide-ranging conversations with some of the remarkable minds of our time. There are takeaways here for everyone as each conversation unravels, in its unique way, where we are as citizens of the India of our times. This Too Is India, by Context, an imprint of Westland Books, will be available on online and offline stores starting November 11, 2024.

Catering to readers of non-fiction and India’s political culture and history, This Too Is India affirms values essential to both cultural life and democratic politics: reason and dissent, inclusion and diversity, ethical consideration and the secular imagination. It brings together a galaxy of languages, texts and ideas as rich and diverse as the country itself. Within these pages, individual and collective voices describe their experiences, raise questions about and critique fault lines, and imagine an India of lived diversity and ample space for dissent.

Speaking on the launch of her book, author Githa Hariharan said, ‘Each encounter opened a door, or at least a window. It invited me to talk more, read more, write more, think more and go in search of more people with more knowledge. I was no longer a mere writer. Once you are part of a broad front which involves conversations with writers, translators, artists, filmmakers, theatre persons, musicians and dancers, teachers, activists, all from a place like India, how do you go back to being just a writer?’