Rimli Bhattacharya

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Alan Woods

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Nasreen Ahmed

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C. H. E. Philpin

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Giovanni Arrighi

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Ananth Narayan Mahadevan

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Zaheer Ali

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Ravi Nair

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Roland Boer

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Ted Grant

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Peter Nettl

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Burhan Sönmez

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Mahasweta Devi

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S. V. Rajadurai

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Saraladebi Chaudhurani

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