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The Wire's anchors talk about recent books with authors from India and abroad.
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How Caste Politics and Hindutva Coexist in Rajasthan
Rajasthan-based journalists Deep Mukherjee and Tabeenah Anjum discuss in the latest episode of Book Shook their new book, 'From Dynasties to Democracy: Politics, Caste and Power Struggles in…
From JNU to Tihar: Umar Khalid and His World
The Wire’s Political Editor Ajoy Ashirwad speaks with Banojyotsna Lahiri and Anirban Bhattacharya, two of the editors of the newly-released Umar Khalid and His World, on what inspired them to bring…
Is There Hope for the Great Nicobar, Its Wildlife and Indigenous People?
‘Island On Edge: The Great Nicobar Crisis’ edited by scientist Pankaj Sekhsaria is a compilation of journalistic writing on the proposed projects on the Great Nicobar Island, including a piece that…
‘We’re All Obsessed With Who We Are’: Sowmiya Ashok on Keeladi and the Search for Our Past
Journalist and author Sowmiya Ashok’s new book, ‘The Dig: Keeladi and the Politics of India’s Past’, looks into the study of archaeology and history not just at that particular site but in today’s…
Mumbai: A Story of the Land, Its People and Their Dreams | Sidharth Bhatia
The Wire’s Founding Editor, Sidharth Bhatia’s third book, Mumbai: A Million Islands is out! in BookShook, with The Wire’s Editor, Seema Chishti, he discusses the Bombay of the past, its journey of…
How Dravidian Politics Opened Power Corridors for Marginalised Castes | Vignesh Rajahmani
Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta in conversation with Vignesh Rajahmani, author of The Dravidian Pathway: How the DMK Redefined Power and Identity in South India.
Banani’s Book Unearths 19th-Century Assam’s Social History Through One Remarkable Life
Senior journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty speaks to Guwahati-based academic, author and translator Banani Chakrabarty about recently translating to English the biography of noted Assamese…
Anuradha Roy on Living in the Mountains and Writing 'Called by the Hills'
More than 25 years ago, author-artist-ceramicist Anuradha Roy and her husband came across a derelict cottage at the edge of a Ranikhet estate and decided that was where they wanted to live. Roy has…
'Indian Govt Doesn't care About Hindi,' Says Prof Tyler W Williams
Tyler H. Williams is Associate Professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is primarily known for his research on the literary and linguistic history of…
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Book Shook has published 9 episodes since February 2026, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Book Shook is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 36m.
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