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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
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Halla BolINR 350
This is not a story of death. It is a story of life. The luminous life of Safdar Hashmi, extraordinary in all its ordinariness.
On New Year’s Day in 1989, Jana Natya Manch – Janam – t...
- No Free LeftINR 395
Over the past twenty years, the Indian political climate has shifted decidedly to the Right – with the BJP and the Congress dragging India into a growth trajectory that squanders the hopes of wor...
- Who was Shivaji?INR 150
Hindutva icon or secular nationalist? Feudal potentate or peasants' king? Protector of cows and brahmans or shudra ruler? Medieval marauder or builder of an empire?
Who was Shivaji?
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HINDI BOOKS
जम्बूद्वीपे भरतखंडे महर्षि मार्क्स के हथकंडे
जब कार्ल मार्क्स को मृत्युलोक से धरती पर कुछ पल बिताने का मौका मिलता है, तो व...
- जम्बूद्वीपे भरतखंडे महर्षि मार्क्स के हथकंडेINR 150
जब कार्ल मार्क्स को मृत्युलोक से धरती पर कुछ पल बिताने का मौका मिलता है, तो व...
- 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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- संविधान की सिपाहीINR 250
तीस्ता सेतलवाड़ कौन हैं?
हिंदुत्ववादी ताकतों के लिए वो देश के विकास में ए...
. . . AND FROM THE INDIE PRESSES
भारत का विभाजन प्रमुख राजनीतिक दलों- भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस, अखिल भारत...
- 1947 में पंजाब का बंटवाराINR 1,995
भारत का विभाजन प्रमुख राजनीतिक दलों- भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस, अखिल भारत...
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- Philosophical NotebooksINR 995
The span of the Philosophical Notebooks is from 1895-1911. Russia already had a Revolution in 1905. These Notebooks show many a revolutions had taken place in the hea...
- हिन्दी उपन्यासों में दलित वर्गINR 225
'हिन्दी उपन्यासों में दलित वर्ग' प्रसिद्ध विदूषी एवं चिंतक मान...
- Literature, Philosophy, Political TheoryINR 695
This book is a masterly meditation on love, loss, separation, death, time, writing, being, the self and the other and on the controversial relation between humans and...
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- Why Do You Fear My Way So Much?INR 450
In the afternoon of 9th May 2014, a posse of policemen stopped a car in Delhi and pulled out a wheelchair-bound man on his way home from work. He was then flown to Na...
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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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- 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. ...
- Revolutionary PastsINR 995
In this engaging and innovative history of the communist movement in colonial India, Ali Raza reveals the lives, geographies and anti-colonial struggles of Indian rev...
- 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...
- Khrushchev LiedINR 595
In his 'Secret Speech' of February 1956, Nikita Khrushchev accused Joseph Stalin of immense crimes. Khrushchev's speech was a body blow from which the worldwide communist movement never recovered. ...
- Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844INR 225
Written by Karl Marx between April and August 1844 while living in Paris. It was during this period that Marx and Engels would meet and become friends.
The first thing to realize in reading t...