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Signs (Chinha), written in 1946, was Manik Bandyopadhyay’s fifteenth novel, and is something of a hidden g...

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‘You cannot kill ideas. Fidel, for the Third World, was not merely another leader. He was the mirror of its aspirat...

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14. 08. 2021

LeftWord Books and Young Socialist Artists Poster Exhibition

LeftWord Books and Young Socialist Artists Poster Exhibition

Join us, as we celebrate those who have contributed to our revolutionary movement for liberation on August 15th and beyond …

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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.

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07.08.2021 @ Book discussion: 'People’s Planning: Kerala, Local Democracy and Development'

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10.08.2021 @ Call for Artists from LeftWord Books

In recent times, India has witnessed lakhs of student protestors braving all odds to hit the streets – from Himachal to Kerala and from Pune to Assam.

Since 2014, the attack on students a ...

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BOOKS FROM LEFTWORD . . .

This Fire Never Dies

This Fire Never Dies

Fréderike Geerdink

INR 347.00

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 ...

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  1. This Fire Never Dies
    This Fire Never Dies

    Fréderike Geerdink

    INR 347

    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 ...

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  2. Paris Commune 150
    Paris Commune 150

    Karl Marx, Vijay Prashad, V.I. Lenin, Bertolt Brecht, Tings Chak

    INR 195

    On 18 March 1871, the people of Paris opened the door to utopia. Over 72 days, the workers built new institutions and advanced the practice of democracy. The forces of counter-revolution regrouped,...

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  3. They Have Forgotten Us
    They Have Forgotten Us

    Peter Mertens

    INR 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...

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  4. Delhi's Agony
    Delhi's Agony

    Vijay Prashad, Naseeruddin Shah, Teesta Setalvad, Justice V. Gopala Gowda, T.M. Krishna, N. Ram, K.M. Tiwari, Meera Velayudhan

    INR 185

    There was terrible violence in North East Delhi in the last days of February 2020. Fifty-four people were killed, many were wounded, and a large number of people lost their livelihoods. No one deni...

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  5. Gramsci's Thought
    Gramsci's Thought

    E.M.S. Namboodiripad, P. Govinda Pillai

    INR 195

    In 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...

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  6. People's Planning
    People's Planning

    T.M. Thomas Isaac, Richard W. Franke

    INR 595

    In 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 ...

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  7. Gender and Neoliberalism
    Gender and Neoliberalism

    Brinda Karat, Elisabeth Armstrong

    INR 495

    This book describes the changing landscape of women’s politics for equality and liberation during the rise of neoliberalism in India. Between 1991 and 2006, the doctrine of liberalization guided ...

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  8. From Volga to Ganga
    From Volga to Ganga

    Rahul Sankrityayan

    INR 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...

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HINDI BOOKS

तख़्तापलट

तख़्तापलट

Vijay Prashad

INR 250.00

तख़्तापलट मार्क्सवादी पत्रकारिता और इतिहास लेखन की शानदार परंपरा में ल...

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  1. तख़्तापलट
    तख़्तापलट

    Vijay Prashad

    INR 250

    तख़्तापलट मार्क्सवादी पत्रकारिता और इतिहास लेखन की शानदार परंपरा में ल...

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  2. कबहूं ना छाड़े खेत
    कबहूं ना छाड़े खेत

    Pranjal

    INR 95

    आज़ाद हिंदुस्तान के इतिहास में पहली बार ऐसा हुआ कि लाखों के हुजूम ने राजधानी...

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  3. वारली आदिवासी विद्रोह
    वारली आदिवासी विद्रोह

    Archana Prasad

    INR 195

    सन् 1945 में महाराष्ट्र के ठाणे में एक बड़े विद्रोह की शुरुआत हुई। यह था – वारली...

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  4. जाति से जंग
    जाति से जंग

    Pranjal

    INR 100

    राज्य और उसके क़ानून की निगाह में सभी नागरिकों की समानता का आदर्श स्थापित कर...

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  5. मोदीनामा
    मोदीनामा

    Subhash Gatade

    INR 195

    मई 2019 में नरेंद्र मोदी के नेतृत्व में हिंदुत्ववादी दक्षिणपंथी भारतीय जनता ...

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  6. कार्ल मार्क्स
    कार्ल मार्क्स

    शंकर दयाल तिवारी

    INR 175

    मार्क्सवाद एक ऐसी विचारधारा है जो सिर्फ दुनिया का विश्लेषण ही नहीं करती बल...

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  7. मंडल कमीशन
    मंडल कमीशन

    Satyendra PS

    INR 350

    भारतीय समाज और राजनीति को जिन घटनाओं ने सबसे ज्यादा बदला, उनमें मंडल कमीशन ...

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. . . AND FROM THE INDIE PRESSES

The Orders Were To Rape You

The Orders Were To Rape You

Meena Kandasamy

INR 250.00

Meena Kandasamy is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist. She has publi...

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  1. The Orders Were To Rape You
    The Orders Were To Rape You

    Meena Kandasamy

    INR 250

    Meena Kandasamy is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist. She has publi...

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  2. Beyond the Stars & Other Stories
    Beyond the Stars & Other Stories

    Qurratulain Hyder

    INR 425

    Written while she was still in her late teens, Beyond the Stars (Sitaron se Aage) was Qurratulain Hyder’s earliest published anthology of stories, now available in English for t...

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  3. Jaati ki Samajh
    Jaati ki Samajh

    Gail Omvedt

    INR 250

    Jaati ki Samajh Mahatama Buddh se Babasaheb Ambedkar aur Unke Baad is the Hindi version of the book Understanding Caste: From Budhha to Ambedkar and Beyond published by Orient blackSwan.Read More

  4. DALIT VISIONS
    DALIT VISIONS

    Gail Omvedt

    INR 575
    Dalit Visions explores and critiques the sensibility which equates Indian tradition with Hinduism, and Hinduism with Brahmanism; which considers the Vedas as the foundational texts of Indian culture a...

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  5. UNDERSTANDING CASTE
    UNDERSTANDING CASTE

    Gail Omvedt

    INR 495

    Understanding Casteapproaches the historical issue of caste and anti-caste movements from a position of insightful inquiry and rigorous scholarship. Critiquing the sensibility which equates Indian ...

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  6. The Hunger of the Republic
    The Hunger of the Republic

    INR 1,200

    The Hunger of the Republic: Our Present in Retrospect is the first of a series of volumes that turn back to India’s recent history to produce a retrospective account of how our present g...

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  7. Capital and Imperialism
    Capital and Imperialism

    Utsa Patnaik, Prabhat Patnaik

    INR 1,200

    Mainstream economics invariably sees capitalism as an isolated and closed system. In this path-breaking book, authors Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik argue that this is both historically false and...

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  8. Address Book
    Address Book

    Ritu Menon

    INR 300

    Locked down and housebound, the author leafs through her address book, looking for a name and number from long ago. As she turns the pages and sees the entries in it, she recalls the many remarkabl...

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