Orient Blackswan

The Idea of Gujarat

Launch

17 Dec 2010

Venue

Mumbai

The Idea of Gujarat: History, Ethnography and Text, edited by Edward Simpson and Aparna Kapadia, was launched in Oxford Bookstore, Mumbai, on 17 December 2010. The panellists seated (from the left) are Professor Prabodh Parekh, Gujarati poet and short fiction writer, Dr Ruby Maloni, University of Mumbai, Dr Faisal Devji, University of Oxford, and Dr Aparna Kapadia. Dr Veenu Luthria, Managing Editor, Orient BlackSwan, welcomes the audience.

Professor Prabodh Parekh, Dr Ruby Maloni and Dr Faisal Devji release the book.

Dr Aparna Kapadia addresses the audience. Also seen in the picture is Professor Prabodh Parekh.

Dr Aparna Kapadia expresses her views to the panellists and audience.

An engrossed audience.

Dr Aparna Kapadia, co-editor of the volume, holds up a copy of the book.