Probal DasGupta

Author - Watershed 1967: India’s Forgotten Victory Over China & ‘Camouflaged’. Author, soldier, business leader, columnist. JN Tata Scholar, RD Sethna Fellow.

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Delighted to announce that my book ‘#GeneralBrasstacks : The #SundarjiStory’ (@PenguinIndia ) is published and now available for purchase on online platforms (https://t.co/srATje0nCD) and bookstores.

Years of research, travel, meeting sources, archives, writing, editing…finally makes it to print - a definitive #biography of arguably the most influential #Military #leader in India’s recent history. A legacy both celebrated and debated.

Who was General #Sundarji? What was his link with #MahatmaGandhi?
How did he influence Prime Ministers #RajivGandhi & #IndiraGandhi? What was his role in the controversial #Bofors deal ?

Thanks to my publishers for work on the book - @PenguinIndia and @mileeashwarya @sorcerical
@kan_writersside

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

Worst ☠️ #AirPollution in 5 years! Criminal abdication by the powers that be!

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

@asianet @AsianetNewsML @kslitfest in the news.
General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story features in @indiatimes

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

@kslf covered in the news…
General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story features prominently!

#penguinindia #litfest #kasauli #hills #BookLovers

@kan_writersside @PenguinIndia @vvssays

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[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

@asianet @AsianetNewsML
Khushwant Singh Litfest
General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story makes it to the papers.
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[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Indian Express and the discussion on my book General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story at @kslitfest

To set right the context, it was the failure of the government, administration and the state machinery in allowing Bhindranwale to amass weapons and armed militants inside a religious shrine.

More than Sundarji’s impulsive call on Bluestar, it was the govt’s fault in allowing the situation to come to such a pass. They had no clue on how to tackle him.

If you haven’t read the book yet, it’s available in stores and on Amazon -
https://t.co/9RyUqxlvT6

@kan_writersside @PenguinIndia
@probirpaymate @vvsays @tommygun28 @rhinohistorian

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

General Brasstacks: The #Sundarji Story at @kslitfest featured across several media platforms.

candid conversations on the eventful, stormy decade of twists and turns. Post-discussion conversations followed with the audience on the emotive issue of Operation Bluestar.

Prajasatta features my thoughts from the discussion with @sunetrac .
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@vvssays @srikantkesnur @probirpaymate

[Vishnu Som @VishnuNDTV]

Look forward to our conversation @iProbal !

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Look forward to a riveting session today with @VishnuNDTV on his book ‘The Sky Warriors’ @kslitfest -
1630 hrs, Kasauli Club.

Vishnu has spoken to several pilots and soldiers involved in #OpSindoor and the book is ample proof of the conversations that bring out stories of the men and women who were involved on the frontlines!

Took me less than 88 hours to read this exhilarating account of Op Sindoor.

Join us if you are in Chandigarh or Kasauli today!

@vvssays @nikhapte @probirpaymate @srikantkesnur @ShivAroor

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

@ThirumalWnp @sunetrac good question. There’s an entire chapter on Operation Blue Star in the book General Brasstacks.

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Was General Sundarji venerated or vilified? Debated or Celebrated?
India’s most influential ? Let’s find out.

Join us for an exciting morning at @kslitfest in Kasauli. @sunetrac joins me in discussing General Sundarji and the turbulent times from the book General Brasstacks.

- at 1030 am, Sunday, 25 Oct.

#generalbrasstacks #sundarji
@PenguinIndia
@mileeashwarya @kan_writersside @nikhapte @probirpaymate @JoBeingjoe @jyotsnamohan
@srikantkesnur @schahm

[sunetra choudhury @sunetrac]

#nowreading @iProbal account of a fascinating man. I'm not into war/ defence stories but the book really fleshes out the details

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

The Sundarji Story goes to the hills.
Join me on 25 Oct at @kslitfest Kasauli for a crackling session on India’s most unconventional and influential military chief !

Is Sundarji most ‘Celebrated or Debated’ ? Come and find out.
If you haven’t read yet, General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story now available on ‘The Great Indian sale’ -
https://t.co/d2yF7llAiE

#brasstacks #books #nonfiction
#biography #indianarmy
#sundarji

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Look forward to speaking at one of my favourite places.
Kasauli ! 22-25 Oct.

‘The Sundarji Story’ travels to the hills.

Join us for a rollicking ride with General Brasstacks!
See you soon at @kslitfest

If you haven’t read yet, General Brasstacks is available on
https://t.co/WdyB5osAKa

@HISTORY @vvssays @probirpaymate @schahm @srikantkesnur @nikhapte
#sundarji #general #brasstacks #indianarmy

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

The Sundarji Story goes to the hills.
Join me on 25 Oct at @kslitfest Kasauli for a crackling session on India’s most unconventional and influential military chief !

Is Sundarji most ‘Celebrated or Debated’ ? Come and find out.
If you haven’t read yet, General Brasstacks: The Sundarji Story now available on ‘The Great Indian sale’ -
https://t.co/d2yF7lm88c

#brasstacks #books #nonfiction
#biography #indianarmy
#sundarji
@vvssays @PenguinIndia #kasauli

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Look forward to speaking at one of my favourite places.
Kasauli ! 22-25 Oct.

‘The Sundarji Story’ travels to the hills.

Join us for a rollicking ride with General Brasstacks!
See you soon at @kslitfest

If you haven’t read yet, General Brasstacks is available on
https://t.co/WdyB5osAKa

@HISTORY @vvssays @probirpaymate @schahm @srikantkesnur @nikhapte
#sundarji #general #brasstacks #indianarmy

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

What are the triggers for historic events ? Most go unnoticed.

Join me on ‘WHEN THE WORLD CHANGES IN A SINGLE MOMENT’ — a journey into the moments we almost forgot, but which changed everything.
Changed the World!

This Sunday, 11 Oct at 1pm at The British Brewing Company (BBC) in Lower Parel, Mumbai.

Register on -
https://t.co/t1ME6BdUev

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history’s greatest turning points didn’t look important when they happened -

A wrong turn in Sarajevo.
A tennis court in Kohima.
A Himalayan pass at Nathu La.
A bluff between two generals.

What’s common among them ?

#generalbrasstacks @soi_ind #watershed1967 @kan_writersside
#storytelling

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Look forward to speaking at one of my favourite places.
Kasauli ! 22-25 Oct.

‘The Sundarji Story’ travels to the hills.

Join us for a rollicking ride with General Brasstacks!
See you soon at @kslitfest

If you haven’t read yet, General Brasstacks is available on
https://t.co/WdyB5osAKa

@HISTORY @vvssays @probirpaymate @schahm @srikantkesnur @nikhapte
#sundarji #general #brasstacks #indianarmy

[Khushwant Singh LitFest @kslitfest]

With a military career behind him and a historian’s eye for overlooked turning points, Probal Dasgupta brings a distinctive lens to India’s past, its strategic choices and the forces that shaped them.

Meet Probal Dasgupta at KSLF 2026.

📍 October 23–25 | Kasauli, H.P

[Sriram Karri @oratorgreat]

Jeffery Archer gave us some great quick reads and thrillers. Lived a life of highs and lows. Goodbye Archer.

[Probal DasGupta @iProbal]

Celebrating an assassination shows an utter lack of class!
That, when the PM paid his respects to the father of the nation on 02 Oct.
These guys are a completely confused bunch of half literates and morons to be putting such videos!

Abominable!

[Leher Sethi @LeherSethi]

This is what "Hindutva" looks like when it stops pretending to have any relationship with Gandhi at all!

@TusharG 's great-grandfather was murdered by the man this page is celebrating.

Our contributors in Saffron Shadows — Tushar himself, Kedar Nath Gupta, and others — argue fiercely, and disagree completely, about Gandhiji and his legacy! They criticised, debated, condemned. Not one of them ever celebrated or justified his death.

The Jaipur Dialogue just did both.

Shame on @JaipurDialogues and @Sanjay_Dixit ! Deplorable!