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Vijay Prashad, Noam Chomsky, Angela Y. Davis
Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.
“Through the s...
- The WithdrawalINR 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 AllianceINR 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 250In 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 BarricadesINR 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 FreedomINR 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?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,...
- An Education for RitaINR 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 ...
- Knowledge as CommonsINR 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 ...
- Keeping Up the Good FightINR 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...
- Keeping Up the Good FightINR 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...
- Chile's AllendeINR 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...
- Víctor JaraINR 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...
- Knowledge as CommonsINR 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 ...
- Body on the BarricadesINR 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...
- Selected WritingsINR 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...
HINDI BOOKS
हमारा इतिहास, उनका इतिहास, किसका इतिहास?
आख़िर इतिहास क्या होता है?
इतिहास ना तो तारीख़ों का एक संग्रह मात्र है, न...
- हमारा इतिहास, उनका इतिहास, किसका इतिहास?INR 250
आख़िर इतिहास क्या होता है?
इतिहास ना तो तारीख़ों का एक संग्रह मात्र है, न...
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- रीता ने जो सीखाINR 295
अगस्त 1975, आपातकाल लागू हुए बस दो महीने बीते थे। एक रात उत्तरी दिल्ली के कमला ...
- सावित्रीबाई फुलेINR 225
भारत में वंचित तबक़े के लिए औपचारिक स्कूली शिक्षा की शुरुआत फुले दंपति (साव...
- नया राजा नये क़िस्सेINR 225
‘तो ऐसा करो! राजधानी के सभी गधों को पकड़ कर ज़िलाबदर कर दो!’ राजा ने अपना दूसर...
- अमीरों का मसीहा कोई नहींINR 200
“साहबान, मेरी रीढ़ की हड्डी गुम है। किसी को मिले तो बता देना। वैसे न मिले तो ...
- साहित्य, कला और सिनेमाINR 750
यह किताब साहित्यिक कृतियों के सिनेमाई रूपांतरण के सैद्धांतिक पक्षों पर प्...
- ओट्टम और अन्य नाटकINR 175
‘सपन सारन के नाटक पढ़ना ज़िंदगी को नई नज़र से देखना है। सपन के पास समाज मनोव...
- ज़ीरो माइल अयोध्याINR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
- कुछ और अलगू, कुछ और जुम्मनINR 250
ऐसे समय जब कहा जा रहा है कि हिंदू और मुस्लिम दो अलग-अलग संसार हैं, ये कहानिया...
- ज़ीरो माइल अलीगढ़INR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
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- ज़ीरो माइल मेरठINR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
- भगत सिंह के साथी
Prabal Saran Agarwal, Harshvardhan Tripathi, Ankur Goswami
INR 295जब भी भारतीय क्रांतिकारी आंदोलन की चर्चा होती है, भगत सिंह का ना...
- मुसाफ़िर की डायरीINR 450
उन दिनों दुनिया पर दूसरे महायुद्ध का ख़तरा मंडरा रहा था। चौबीस साल का एक नौ...
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Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta
Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit
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...
- Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta
Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit
INR 1,500The 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...
- River of StoriesINR 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...
- We Mean Business
Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Shrutika Mathur, Nishtha Vadehra
INR 499WE 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...
- The Biofuels DeceptionINR 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...
- Farming and Working under ContractINR 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...
- Teaching Critical ThinkingINR 895
In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers...
- Teaching CommunityINR 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...
- Teaching to TransgressINR 895
In Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks – writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual – writes about a new kind of education, education as the practi...
- Resisting Dispossession
Ranjan Padhi, Nigamanand Sadangi
INR 695Resisting 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...
- Is this Azaadi?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...
- This Side That SideINR 695The 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...