Achin Vanaik

Achin Vanaik is a writer and social activist, a former Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi, and a Delhi-based Fellow of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam. He is the author of numerous books, including The Furies of Indian Communalism (1997) and The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India (1990).

OTHER AUTHORS

Hewlett Johnson

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Ranjana Dasgupta

Ranjana Dasgupta is a research assistant at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta (CSSSC).

Sunil Kumar

Sunil Kumar is professor of medieval history in the Department of History, Delhi University. His previous publications include The Present in Delhi's Pasts and The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate.

Daniel P. Moynihan

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J. Devika

Jayakumari Devika is a historian and feminist based in Kerala. She is an associate professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.

Vera Panova

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Praveen Kumar Jha

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Ronald L. Meek

Ronald Lindley Meek (1917-1978) was a New Zealand-born Marxist economist and social scientist.

Mubarak Ali

Mubarak Ali (b. 1941) is a Pakistani historian and activist.

K.N. Panikkar

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JoAnn Jaffe

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Paul Stoller

Paul Stoller is professor of anthropology at West Chester University. He is also a research associate in the department of anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. Cheryl Olkes is director of H

Amiya Kumar Bagchi

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Mannu Bhandari

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Gautam Bhatia

Gautam Bhatia is a Delhi-based architect, writer and artist.

Istvan Meszaros

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Stuart Chase

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Bhairabi Prasad Sahu

Bhairabi Prasad Sahu teaches at the Department of History, University of Delhi.

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

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Jill M. Bystydzienski

Jill M. Bystydzienki is Director of Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology at Iowa State University.

Subodh Roy

Subodh Roy (1916–2006) was the youngest participant (aged 14) in the Chittagong Armoury Raid in 1930, led by Surya Sen (Masterda). Affectionately called Jhunku, Roy took part in the

Chris Harman

Chris Harman was a British journalist and political activist, and a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. He was formerly the editor of International Socialism and Socialist

Lata Mani

Lata Mani is a feminist historian, cultural critic and filmmaker. She is the author of Contentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India (1998), Sacred Secular: Contemplative Cultural Cr

Faisal Garba

Faisal Garba is a Ghanaian Research Associate in the Third African Diaspora project of the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Lean Trotsky

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Jayati Ghosh

Jayati Ghosh is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has authored and co-edited several books and more than 120 scholarly articles. She is Executive Secretary of In

Ashley Montagu

Ashley Montagu is a writer, editor, and anthropologist. He was born in London, England, on June 28, 1905. Montagu studied psychology and anthropology at the University of London and the University

Tilottoma Misra

Tilottoma Misra is an Assamese writer and critic. Her works include Literature and Society in Assam: A Study of the Assamese Renaissance, 1826-1926 (1987), and Lauhitya-sindhu (1997). She is also t

Timur Kuran

Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Law, and King Faisal Professor of Islamic Thought and Culture, at the University of Southern California. His books include Private Truths, Public Lies.

William Ash

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S. Rosenberg

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Sumathi Ramaswamy

Sumathi Ramaswamy is Professor of History and International Comparative Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Uma Chakraborty

A distinguished feminist historian, Uma Chakravarti taught history at Miranda House, University of Delhi, from 1966-1998. She has long been associated with the women's movement and the democratic r

Iian Pappe

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Binodini

Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (6 February 1922 - 17 January 2011) was a writer and member of the erstwhile royal family of Manipur.

Aninda Banerjee

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Tanika Sarkar

Tanika Sarkar is a historian of modern India and author of Bengal 1928-1934: The Politics of Protest and Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Community, Religion, Cultural Nationalism. She has also co-edited

Salim Yusufji

Salim Yusufji is an editor with Navayana.

Leo R. Chavez

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Louis Dumont

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Sarvepalli Gopal

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Ghazala Jamil

Uma Chakravarti

Uma Chakravarti is a feminist historian who taught at Miranda House, Delhi University for over three decades. She writes on early Indian history, the 19th century and on contemporary issues. She ha

P.C. Joshi

Dr. P.C. Joshi was an eminent scholar who was widely recognized for his multidisciplinary approach to social science research as well as his role as policy advisor, social activist and writer. He h

R. H. Tawney

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Sunanda Sikdar

Sunanda Sikdar (born 1951) is an Indian writer of Bengali origin.

Adithi Rao

Adithi Rao is a writer, educator, and activist. She has spent the last eight years travelling between India, Argentina, Mexico, and the United States; all the peoples and cultures she encountered o

Goutam Vahed

Goolam Vahed is Associate Professor of History at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He writes on histories of migration, ethnicity, religion, and identity formation among Indian South Africans.

Ashok Mitra

Ashok Mitra is an Indian Marxist economist and politician. He has written for Economic and Political Weekly and contributes articles regularly to The Telegraph. He has also written short stories in

Jagadeep Parikh and Rohini Patel

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Achin Vanaik

Achin Vanaik

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