The book is a result of the authors' abiding focus on the movement, including spending time with the brave hearts almost every day of the protest from dawn to dusk and beyond. Initially starting out as a cry of anguish against the allegedly discriminatory laws of the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, it soon became a modern-day Gandhian movement for equal rights for all citizens. The book was to give an account of the Delhi Riots : The Untold Story was intended to provide insights to the plot of the meticulous planning of the incident, the weapons aggregated in the endeavor to make it the worst violence in the national capital 30 years.Shaheen Bagh: From a Protest to a Movement is a moving tale of the brave women of Shaheen Bagh-patient, persevering and unbelievable peaceniks-who raised their voice for the deprived and the discriminated. Monika Arora, Sonali Chitalkar, Prerna Malhotra with an intention to unearth the truth related to the violence, occurred in the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 had written a book and Bloomsbury had offered to publish. The violence which started on 23 rd Feb went on for few days. The North East Delhi experienced communal violence early this year. Journalists, Intellectuals and free speech advocates reportedly have brought in pressure to which Bloomsbury has succumbed toĪpparently it is interesting to note that Bloomsbury still goes ahead with Shaheen Bagh : From a Protest to a Movement authored by Ziya Us Salam, Uzma Ausaf. It is said that Bloomsbury has budged to the political pressure of Congress, ideological pressure from the Communists and Islamist pressure too. The initial plan was to release the book, which documents investigations, interviews conducted by the authors. In a statement, the publication house cited a ‘virtual pre-publication launch organised without our knowledge by the authors’ as one of the reasons for its decision. The book was to be released on Aug 22 nd 2020.

Bloomsbury India, the book publishing company has decided to withdraw the book ‘Delhi Riots 2020 : The Untold Story’ authored by Advocate Monika Arora, Sonali Chitalkar and Prerna Malhotra.

Shaheen Bagh by Ziya Us Salam