Global publishing giant Bloomsbury has been in the eye of the storm all week, first, for publishing the controversial book, Delhi Riots 2020: An Untold Story, and later, withdrawing from the same without allegedly intimating the book's authors of its decision.

A section of individuals initially questioned Bloomsbury's decision to publish the book, arguing that the February 2020 violence in North East Delhi was a "pogrom" and not a "riot." The issue quickly snowballed when the book's authors Monika Arora, Prerna Malhotra and Sonali Chitalkar, organised an online book launch, where the guest list included BJP's Kapil Mishra infamous for chanting "Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maro saalo ko", Vivek Agnihotri, author of Urban Naxals, and Nupur J Sharma, editor of the Right-wing portal OpIndia.com. Several people, including journalist Nidhi Razdan, actor Swara Bhaskar, RTI activist Saket Gokhale, and noted Bloomsbury author and historian William Dalrymple took to social media to express their displeasure.