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“I am standing over the ruins of a house in Gaza City, peering at the horizon.” These are the opening words of th...

“The state, the government machinery is just a weapon in the hands of the ruling class to further and safeguard its...

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हिंदुत्ववादी ताकतो...

Sitaram Yechury, Publisher

Much about Comrade Sitaram Yechury (1952-2024) is publicly well-known – the beginnings of his public life in the students’ movement; his leadership of the Students’ Federati

LEFTWORD BOOKS

LeftWord Books is a New Delhi-based publishing house that seeks to reflect the views of the left in India and South Asia. We publish critical and analytical works on a range of subjects, and pay special attention to works on Marxist theory. We project the interests of the working people and movements for social transformation.

IN DELHI?

Check out the May Day Bookstore, with its fabulous collection of books. Next door is the theatre space Studio Safdar, created by Jana Natya Manch

EVENTS

30.08.2024 @ Book discussion: The Many Lives of Syeda X

May Day Bookstore and Jana Natya Manch (Janam) invite you for a book discussion on The Many Lives of Syeda X written by Neha Dixit. The discussion will be conducted by Indrani Mazumdar. ...

22.08.2024 @ Battle of Ideas Lecture Series

#BattleofIdeas Lecture Series: Women and Work with Ashwini Deshpande

Join us for a 2-part series as we study Indian reservation policy and about women and their participation in the workfor ...

The Withdrawal

Vijay Prashad, Noam Chomsky, Angela Y. Davis

INR 275.00

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.

“Through the s...

The Withdrawal

Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad,

INR 275

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.

“Through the s...

Food & Farming

Orijit Sen, Vidyun Sabhaney, Harsho Mohan Chattoraj

INR 495

'Here is a clear-eyed look at the most basic human right of all, the right to food, and why so many people - including those who grow food - go hungry or remain undernourished.' – Githa Hariharan...

NATO: A Reckoning with the Atlantic Alliance

Sevim Dagdelen

INR 250

Since 1997, NATO, the world’s most powerful military alliance, has created more insecurity than security. This book, a bestseller in German by one of Europe’s most important left politicians, s...

Reading Capital to Smash Capitalism

Vijay Prashad, E. Ahmet Tonak, OlÍvia Carolino Pires, Chris Caruso, Emiliano López

INR 250

In Capital, Marx provides a theory of the enduring contradictions of capitalism. Marx’s identification of the structure of capitalism, and the method by which he uncovered that structure, provide...

Body on the Barricades

Brahma Prakash

INR 260

‘This set of essays is a series of meditations on hatred, tenderness, grief, mourning, labour, resistance, social justice and the possibilities of meaning and solidarity, all viewed through the l...

Untouchable Freedom

Vijay Prashad

INR 450

“This book treats the Balmikis, a marginalized community, as a conscious entity, and highlights their agency.” – Dr Vaishali, historian

“Acute social and political observations on a...

What is to be Done?

V.I. Lenin

INR 350

‘Without a revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.’ — Lenin

V.I. Lenin (1870–1924) took forward Marxist theory and practice in critical areas. Imperialism,...

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An Education for Rita
Brinda Karat

INR 350

August 1975. The Emergency is barely two months old. A group of communists meet at night in a small room in Kamla Nagar in north Delhi. They sit on the floor around a flickering oil lamp. Thirteen ...
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Knowledge as Commons
Prabir Purkayastha

INR 335

Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...
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Keeping Up the Good Fight
Prabir Purkayastha

INR 300

September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...
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Keeping Up the Good Fight
Prabir Purkayastha

INR 425

September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...
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Chile's Allende
Victor Figueroa Clark

INR 500

At 9.15 a.m. on September 11, 1973, minutes before US-backed military jets bombed the Presidential Palace, the President of Chile, Salvador Allende, took to the radio and addressed his fellow citiz...
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Víctor Jara
Joan Jara

INR 500

“As long as we sing his songs, as long as his courage can inspire us to greater courage, Víctor Jara will never die.” – Pete Seeger

“An intensely moving account. A love story — a...
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Knowledge as Commons
Prabir Purkayastha

INR 395

Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...
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Body on the Barricades
Brahma Prakash

INR 325

‘This set of essays is a series of meditations on hatred, tenderness, grief, mourning, labour, resistance, social justice and the possibilities of meaning and solidarity, all viewed through the l...
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Selected Writings
Ruth First

INR 150

Ruth First, born in 1925, held multiple roles during the struggles of her time as a communist militant, journalist, researcher and leading intellectual in South Africa.

Until her assassinat...
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HINDI BOOKS

हमारा इतिहास, उनका इतिहास, किसका इतिहास?

Romila Thapar

INR 250.00

आख़िर इतिहास क्या होता है?

इतिहास ना तो तारीख़ों का एक संग्रह मात्र है, न�...
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हमारा इतिहास, उनका इतिहास, किसका इतिहास?
Romila Thapar

INR 250

आख़िर इतिहास क्या होता है?

इतिहास ना तो तारीख़ों का एक संग्रह मात्र है, न�...
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तथागत और अन्य नाटक
Abhishek Majumdar

INR 250

बहुचर्चित नाटककार अभिषेक मजूमदार के पाँच नाटक।

तथागत
एक कलाकार को एक र...
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रीता ने जो सीखा
Brinda Karat

INR 295

अगस्त 1975, आपातकाल लागू हुए बस दो महीने बीते थे। एक रात उत्तरी दिल्ली के कमला �...
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सावित्रीबाई फुले
Kanak Lata

INR 225

भारत में वंचित तबक़े के लिए औपचारिक स्कूली शिक्षा की शुरुआत फुले दंपति (साव...
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नया राजा नये क़िस्से
Anoop Mani Tripathi

INR 225

‘तो ऐसा करो! राजधानी के सभी गधों को पकड़ कर ज़िलाबदर कर दो!’ राजा ने अपना दूसर�...
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अमीरों का मसीहा कोई नहीं
Vishnu Nagar

INR 200

“साहबान, मेरी रीढ़ की हड्डी गुम है। किसी को मिले तो बता देना। वैसे न मिले तो �...
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साहित्य, कला और सिनेमा
Jawarimal Parakh

INR 750

यह किताब साहित्यिक कृतियों के सिनेमाई रूपांतरण के सैद्धांतिक पक्षों पर प्...
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ओट्टम और अन्य नाटक
Sapan Saran

INR 175

‘सपन सारन के नाटक पढ़ना ज़िंदगी को नई नज़र से देखना है। सपन के पास समाज मनोव�...
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ज़ीरो माइल अयोध्या
Krishna Pratap Singh

INR 250

ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
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कुछ और अलगू, कुछ और जुम्मन
Premchand

INR 250

ऐसे समय जब कहा जा रहा है कि हिंदू और मुस्लिम दो अलग-अलग संसार हैं, ये कहानिया�...
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ज़ीरो माइल अलीगढ़
Jaisingh

INR 250

ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
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पुस्तक प्रदेश
Ibbar Rabbi

INR 250

इब्बार रब्बी की कहानियां संस्मरण और कहानी के बीच आवाजाही करती रहती हैं। उन�...
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ज़ीरो माइल मेरठ
Bhuvendra Tyagi

INR 250

ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
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भगत सिंह के साथी
Prabal Saran Agarwal, Harshvardhan Tripathi, Ankur Goswami

INR 295

जब भी भारतीय क्रांतिकारी आंदोलन की चर्चा होती है, भगत सिंह का ना...
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मुसाफ़िर की डायरी
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

INR 450

उन दिनों दुनिया पर दूसरे महायुद्ध का ख़तरा मंडरा रहा था। चौबीस साल का एक नौ�...
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मेरी आवाज़ सुनो
Justice K. Chandru

INR 250

यह किताब कुछ बहादुर महिलाओं के बारे में है।

बहादुर इसलिए कि हमारे देश मे�...
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. . . AND FROM THE INDIE PRESSES

Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta

Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit

INR 1,500.00

The essays in the book explore the nature and direction of socio-economic change in the lower Cauvery delta. They draw primarily on the results of two census-type, sc...
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Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta
Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit

INR 1,500

The essays in the book explore the nature and direction of socio-economic change in the lower Cauvery delta. They draw primarily on the results of two census-type, sc...
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River of Stories
Orijit Sen

INR 795

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Sardar Sarovar Dam project in Western India became the focal point of a massive grassroots protest. People from all over the co...
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We Mean Business
Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Shrutika Mathur, Nishtha Vadehra

INR 499

WE Mean Business is an anthology of graphic narratives by and of twenty inspiring businesswomen from across India. Based on extensive interviews conducted over a year...
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The Biofuels Deception
Okbazghi Yohannes

INR 695

There is by now no question among informed people that the Earth is undergoing severe climate change—soon to become catastrophic, if humans don’t take drastic mea...
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Farming and Working under Contract

INR 1,350

Contract farming has expanded and deepened its reach under neo-liberalism, alongside the large-scale land acquisitions under way via purchases or lease agreements. Co...
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Teaching Critical Thinking
bell hooks

INR 895

In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers...
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Teaching Community
bell hooks

INR 795

Ten years ago, bell hooks astonished readers with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a p...
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Teaching to Transgress
bell hooks

INR 895

In Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks – writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual – writes about a new kind of education, education as the practi...
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Resisting Dispossession
Ranjan Padhi, Nigamanand Sadangi

INR 695

Resisting Dispossession – The Odisha Story brings to the reader a set of political and social narratives woven around people’s resistance against big dams and min...
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Is this Azaadi?
Anand Chakravarti

INR 750

This study of the living conditions of Dalit agricultural laborers in Muktidih Village in southwest Bihar throws light on the problems they face in accessing the basi...
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This Side That Side
Vishwajyoti Ghosh

INR 695
The most decisive formative moment in modern South Asian history, Partition has remained a site of constant engagement, investigation and memory-making for over three generations. Over the years, Part...
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