Bloomsbury India will publish Railsong, the highly anticipated new novel by acclaimed writer Rahul Bhattacharya, on 4 November 2025. Bloomsbury acquired world rights for Railsong from literary agent Shruti Debi. The novel will be published globally by Bloomsbury Publishing, with simultaneous release in the US and the UK in February 2026. The book will be released in India first, ahead of the international editions, making it available to Indian readers several months in advance of its global publication.
In an innovative marketing initiative, Bloomsbury India will release two distinct covers for the book, designed specifically for the Indian readership. This will offer bookshops a unique proposition, catering to diverse tastes, and enhance the visibility of Railsong in physical stores across the country.
‘This was a Test so fluctuating in fortune, so rich with the accumulated alluvium of the summer’s sessions and days, so alive with possibility, that even as MohammadSiraj’sbrilliance brought it to a fevered conclusion it hinted at a beginning.’
‘This was a heartbreak so large, on a margin so paltry, it was beyond measurement on any sporting Richter. Its particular cruelty was that it happened to the most courageous sportsperson her country has ever produced, which was also its feeble consolation.’
For The Cricket Monthly’s series on the greatest one-dayers ever played: a long essay on the haunting semi-final at the 1999 World Cup, plus a shorter one on the heartwarming epic in Karachi, 2004.
The great Eknath Solkar flings himself forward at The Oval, 1971. A short piece on an iconic photograph, for The Cricket Monthly. Republished in Brick literary journal.
