Suvira Jaiswal is former Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She did her M.A. in History from Allahabad University and Ph.D. from Patna University under the supervi
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was a German Marxist poet, playwright and theatre practitioner. He was forced into exile in 1933, returning from the United States to Switzerland in 1947, and to East B
María del Carmen Ariet García is a leading researcher on the life and works of Che Guevara. She is the research coordinator of the Che Guevara Studies Center (Havana), which is headed by Che's wi
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee is a poet, writer, and political science scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the author of Looking for the Nation: Towards Another Idea of India (Spea
Rajeev Dhavan was educated in Allahabad, Cambridge, and London. He has taught at various universities, written several books and articles, and is now a Senior Advocate practising in the Supreme Cou
Eric Hobsbawm (1917 – 2012) was a British Marxist historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism. His best-known works include his trilogy about what he called the
