Suraj Yengde
Suraj Yengde
In this explosive book, Suraj Yengde, a first-generation Dalit scholar educated across continents, challenges deep-seated beliefs about caste and unpacks its many layers. He describes his gut-wrenc...
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
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Samar Bosu Mullick
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Gogu Shyamala
Gogu Shyamala is a senior fellow at the Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies, Hyderabad. She has documented and edited Dalit women's writings in Telugu.
E.P. Thompson
Edward Palmer Thompson was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th an
Bhagwan Das
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Arvinder Ansari
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Karl Marx
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D.N. Jha
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Aijaz Ahmad
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Cornel West
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Michael Denning
MICHAEL DENNING is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of American Studies at Yale University, and the co-director of Yale’s Initiative on Labor and Culture. He is the author of Culture in t
Deepa Ganesh
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T.M. Thomas Isaac
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R.H. Tawney
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Suroor Mander
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John W. Murphy
John W. Murphy is Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami.
Mythily Sivaraman
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Narendra Dabholkar
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