Aakar Patel
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Aakar Patel
Aakar Patel is a syndicated columnist who has edited English and Gujarati newspapers. His works include 'Why I Write', a translation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Urdu non-fiction (Tranquebar, 2014), 'Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here', a study of majoritarianism in India and Pakistan (Westland, 2020) and 'Price of the Modi Years', a history of India after 2014 (Westland, 2021). He is Chair of Amnesty International India.
- Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got HereINR 799
India has taken so sharp a turn in recent years that the very centre has shifted considerably. What led to this swing? Is it possible to trace the path to this point?...
- Why I WriteINR 399One of the greatest raconteurs of 20th century, Saadat Hasan Manto declares that he was forced to write when his wife routinely demanded that he put bread on the table for the family. He doesn't attri...
- Price of the Modi YearsINR 699
Columnist, author and political commentator, Aakar Patel has long been a close observer of the political scenario. In Price of the Modi Years, he seeks ...
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M K Binodini Devi
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Deborah Baker Wyrick
Dr. Deborah Baker Wyrick received her Ph.D. in English from Duke University in English, her M.A. from North Carolina State University, and her B.A. in Art History from Duke University. Dr. Wyrick curr![](https://mayday.leftword.com/pub/static/frontend/leftword/luma_child/en_US/images/no-image.png)
Arjun Sidharth
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Kuzhali Manickavel
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Srimati Basu
Srimati Basu is Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, and Anthropology, at the University of Kentucky, working on law, marriage, and violence. She is the author of the monograph, The