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Alexandra Kollontai (31 March 1872–9 March 1952) was a communist revolutionary; the first woman in the world to form part of a government since the creation of modern states; an organizer of the ...
- Kollontai 150INR 195
Alexandra Kollontai (31 March 1872–9 March 1952) was a communist revolutionary; the first woman in the world to form part of a government since the creation of modern states; an organizer of the ...
- When Farmers Stood UpINR 375
In the summer of 2020, the Narendra Modi government pushed through three anti-farmer, pro-corporate bills in parliament. This came after decades of cuts in subsidies and price supports to the farme...
- Jai BhimINR 195
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was endowed with a sense of being outraged. For someone steeped in the learning and practice of law, the capacity to feel outraged does something very distinct, it becomes a ...
- Farmers on the MoveINR 375
In March 2018, 40,000 farmers, overwhelmingly Adivasis, marched 182 kilometres from Nashik to Mumbai, across hill and dale, in blistering heat. Mostly barefoot, some with bleeding feet, these farme...
- KeralaINR 250
‘There is no alternative (TINA)’ has been the slogan of the neoliberals ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The counter-slogan has been, ‘Another world is possible’. Here is the st...
- The 1921 Uprising in MalabarINR 175
In 1921, there was a peasant rebellion in Malabar in present-day Kerala. The British colonialists attempted to give it a communal colour, since most peasants were Muslim and the landlords Hindu. Th...
- Nothing Will Be ForgottenINR 250
‘Nehal Ahmed’s book is a student participant’s passionate account of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The university resistance led by Jamia Millia Islamia and the great Sh...
- SignsINR 250
Signs (Chinha), written in 1946, was Manik Bandyopadhyay’s fifteenth novel, and is something of a hidden gem of Bengali literature.
The novel is set in the mass uprisings that Ca...
- They Have Forgotten UsINR 250
Stars are only visible in the dark. During the coronavirus crisis, it became suddenly dark. Very dark. And everyone could see the stars shining: the heroes of the coronavirus, the working class. Th...
- Gramsci's Thought
E.M.S. Namboodiripad, P. Govinda Pillai
INR 195In the early 1990s, E.M.S. Namboodiripad (1909–1998) came across the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937). Gramsci, one of the most significant communist theorists of his time, had s...
- People's Planning
T.M. Thomas Isaac, Richard W. Franke
INR 595In 1996, the state of Kerala launched possibly the world’s most extensive and successful experiment in decentralization. The campaign mobilized over 3 million of Kerala’s 30 million people and ...
- From Volga to GangaINR 595
Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963) was a polymath and polyglot. A pioneering explorer-traveller, he is known not only for his travelogues but also for contributions to history, philosophy, memoir-wri...
- Listen to My Case!INR 195
Justice K. Chandru, former judge of the Madras High Court, heard many cases in his illustrious career and passed landmark judgments on them – over 54,000 in fact. Among these are rulings on commo...
- Political Journeys in HealthINR 495
Amit Sengupta (1958–2018) believed the job of a doctor was not simply to treat a sick individual, but to build a society in which health is a fundamental right of all citizens. In these times of ...
- This Fire Never DiesINR 495
Fréderike Geerdink’s This Fire Never Dies is a gripping account of her year spent with the Kurdish political and guerrilla group, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party). She bravely goes ...
- Washington BulletsINR 250
Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent and readable stories, full of detail about US imperial...
HINDI BOOKS
क्या मुस्लिम नौजवान ‘लव जेहाद’ करना चाहते हैं?
क्या मुसलमान कश्मीरी आतं...
- अपनों के बीच अजनबीINR 225
क्या मुस्लिम नौजवान ‘लव जेहाद’ करना चाहते हैं?
क्या मुसलमान कश्मीरी आतं...
- ज़ीरो माइल पटनाINR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
- कितने यातना शिविरINR 250
समाज के कमज़ोर व्यक्ति के संघर्ष का चित्रण करती मार्मिक कहानियाँ।
क़ब्र ... - कँटीले तार की तरहINR 225
‘ये कविताएँ सामाजिक रूप से सजग हैं। विडंबनाओं, विषमताओं की सही पहचान करती ह...
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- कबहूं ना छाड़े खेतINR 95
आज़ाद हिंदुस्तान के इतिहास में पहली बार ऐसा हुआ कि लाखों के हुजूम ने राजधानी...
- वारली आदिवासी विद्रोहINR 195
सन् 1945 में महाराष्ट्र के ठाणे में एक बड़े विद्रोह की शुरुआत हुई। यह था – वारली...
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मृत्यु-कथा - पिछले एक दशक से आशुतोष भारद्वाज माओवादियों और भारत...
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- Untold stories of IPTA & Niranjan SenINR 300
The people's theatre movement took birth from the fire of revolutionary mass-movement and I.P.T.A.came into existence to build and develop the people's theatre moveme...
- Habib TanvirINR 250
It is appropriate that SAHMAT should take the lead in honouring the memory of Habib Tanvir. Tanvir was not only among the most significant cultural figures of modern ...
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- Mobile Girls KoottamINR 425
In 2013 Madhumita Dutta, a doctoral student went to do research in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. There she met Kalpana, Abhinaya, Satya, Lakshmi, and Pooja—all women working inside an electr...
- A History of CapitalismINR 450
The conquest of the Americas inaugurated the slow accumulation of resources and the imperceptible structural transformations that culminated in the Industrial Revolut...
- CHE GUEVARA
Olivier Besancenot, Michael Löwy
INR 250“Deep inside that T-shirt where we have tried to trap him,” notes the celebrated Chilean novelist Ariel Dorfman, “the eyes of Che Guevara are still burning with...
- Religion and SocietyINR 295
This book consists of eight "Stephanos Nirmalendu Ghose Lectures for 1981" delivered by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya. The series had been instituted by Rai Bahadur G.C. ...
- This Life At PlayINR 799
Girish Karnad was one of modern India's greatest cultural figures: an accomplished actor, a path-breaking director, an innovative administrator, a clear-headed and er...
- Improvised FuturesINR 1,200
In an atmosphere of growing authoritarianism, how can we draw attention to performance as a transaction of sensorial agency – the right to be seen, heard, recognize...
- How Are You Veg?
Joopaka Subhadra , Alladi Uma and M Sridhar
INR 500Translated for the first time into English, Joopaka Subhadra's stories expose the lives of Madiga women, the most oppressed among Dalits in Telangana. As she declares...
- The Feudal OrderINR 795
Whether or not Indian society in the early medieval period was feudal has remained an important issue of animated debate in Indian historiography for nearly four deca...
- 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...
- Annihilation of CasteINR 495
In 1936, a Hindu reformist group invited Dr B.R. Ambedkar to deliver its annual lecture. When the group read an advance copy of the text of the speech, it found the c...
- The Way I See ItINR 399
Gauri Lankesh was the definitive activist-journalist, someone whose head and heart worked as one to encompass her life. Gathered here is a selection from Gauri’s writings, spanning langu...
- Science and Philosophy in Ancient IndiaINR 350
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya was 'a one-man brigade against philosophical obscurantism' during more than three decades that he wrote and published, beginning with 'Lokayata' in 1959. In the eight essa...