Bhagwan Das (1927–2010) was an Ambedkarite and a historian of the dalit movement. A meeting with Ambedkar in Shimla, in 1943, defined the trajectory of his life leading to his single-minded pursu
Anirban Biswas (b. 1952) was educated at the Presidency College, Kolkata and at the University of Calcutta. He is a regular contributor to the well known English weekly, Frontier. For over two deca
John Callow is the chief librarian of the Marx Memorial Library. He is the author of several books including The King in Exile, The Making of James II and The Triumph and the Tragedy.
Kumkum Sangari, editor of the book, is William F. Vilas Research Professor of English and the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has published extensively on British, Ame
