The Hyderabad launch of States of Sentiment was held at Saptaparni, on 8 April 2011. The session was chaired by Professor Raghuramraju, Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad. Present as panellists on the occasion were Professor Sasheej Hegde, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad; Dr Anindita Mukhopadhyay, Department of History, University of Hyderabad; Professor D. Venkat Rao, Department of English Literature, The English and Foreign Languages University.