Amit Chaudhuri

My daughter Aruna was the headliner at the Folklore, Hackney Road, on Tuesday night. She plunged us into her set with her composition Thoughts and Therapy.

Terrific overview in Scroll of 10 years of Literary Activism, with contributions from poet Charles Bernstein, critic and biographer Jon Cook, novelist and critic Saikat Majumdar, and critic Laetitia Zecchini that are fresh and full of insight: scroll.in/article/108409…

“A thought-provoking and highly nuanced exploration... Not as a counterfactual to success or as a self-help book, but an unflinching look at failure, without blinking.” A response to On Failing in the Tribune: tribuneindia.com/news/book-revi… @WestlandBooks

Somak Ghoshal on the collection On Failing (Literary Activism and Westland Books) in Mint Lounge: livemint.com/mint-lounge/id… @WestlandBooks

There have been some nice responses to the collection On Failing (from Literary Activism and Westland Books) in the last couple of months. I’ll share them starting with this one from the Business Standard. @WestlandBooks

Here’s the official video of my daughter Aruna’s new single Go: youtu.be/rFI6KvR5Ef8?si…

Edited by Amit Chaudhuri, ‘On Failing’ is an unflinching look at the many shades of failure. Aruti Nayar reviews for The Tribune @thetribunechd #SpectrumTheTribune @WestlandBooks tribuneindia.com/news/book-revi…

My daughter Aruna’s new single Go will be played on BBC Introducing… (Oxford and Berkshire) between 9.30 and 10 pm British Summer Time tonight, 19th June. It will be available to listen again on BBC iPlayer.

Heritage precincts can be achieved with your involvement - pledge your support here: t2online.in/inheritage-cal The third message in the campaign for heritage precincts came out this morning. The idea is to keep the pressure on.

My daughter Aruna’s new single ‘Go’ is out today. It's maybe my favourite among her compositions and recordings yet. Please listen when you can. Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/2V3ie4He… YouTube: youtu.be/RVEBOWaxSy4?si… Apple Music: music.apple.com/in/album/go/18…

This is happening tomorrow, Thursday 5th June, in case you’re interested and in the area.

The Telegraph, Calcutta has started a public messaging campaign in partnership with Calcutta Architectural Legacies asking for the introduction of long overdue heritage precincts in the city.

Have you read @AmitChaudhuri edited On Failing yet? Now in bookstores and online. livemint.com/mint-lounge/id…

From @nyrbclassics - instagram.com/p/DJpRmqyR5Jo/… @NYRB_Imprints

Given the way things are, we've decided to postpone this event scheduled for Monday the 12th. Sorry for the inconvenience caused to those who had planned to attend. We hope to be able to reschedule it sooner rather than later. @WestlandBooks @AmitChaudhuri

#BookReview | On Failing Through an eclectic collection of essays spanning subjects from suicide to physiology, On Failing creates space for failure to exist-without forcing life lessons down anyone's throat, writes @Geekyliterati @AmitChaudhuri mybs.in/2emwrlN

This will happen at the IIC, New Delhi, on Monday 12th May, 6.30 pm. It’s open to all.

Join us for an evening of conversations as we release two Literary Activism titles on 12 May with @AmitChaudhuri, Santosh Desai and Gautam Choubey in conversation with Maya Joshi.