Why you should read 'Speaking Sandals' by Yendluri Sudhakar
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An English Imprint of Hyderabad Book Trust. Dedicated to encourage literature from South India. Especially from Telugu/Dakhni speaking states, including from Urdu.
East Wind: Stories from Kalinga-Andhra
Unudurti Sudhakar is in his home ground when telling stories from north-coastal Andhra Pradesh.
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Jeena Hai to Marna Seekho: The Life and Times of George Reddy
This is the story of a research student in Physics in Osmania University, who led the first student movement in seventies’ India and who strongly opposed social discrimination and economic inequality.
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Beyond the Stethoscope: A Doctor’s Calling
Ranga Rao (1942-2018) was a feisty doctor who refused to be stifled by the constraints of a bureaucracy and contributed to significant improvements in the public health system of Andhra Pradesh.
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Lohia On Caste
Lohia on Caste, brings together essays, speeches, and correspondence by Ram Manohar Lohia that critically examine caste oppression in connection with poverty, gender discrimination, and class struggles.
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Gharana
The story spans over four generations of a group of people, both from north India and from the Dharwad region, who are involved in Hindusthani music – their personal lives, their issues with each other – and related to their passion for music.
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OUR STRUGGLE FOR EMANCIPATION
This is the iconic book which details the history of the Dalit movement in Hyderabad State from 1906 till about 1953.
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The Mozhi Prize Anthology 1
'Mozhi' is a space between languages that enables meaningful conversations about literature from all parts of India.
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1948 Hyderabad Readings
Why does remembering Hyderabad of 1948 still matter? For generations, people have held on to fragments of this time—memories locked away, untold stories, unspoken grief.
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Buddha In My Backyard
A travelogue from the pen of a historian, The Buddha In My Backyard, is a spell-binding account of the monasteries and artefacts ranging from the time of the Buddha in her backyard of Visakhapatnam district.
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Understanding Fascism
The articles are responses at a point in time, but why the book is important is because they are relevant even now.
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Forests, Blood and Survival
Bhoopal Reddy animates the life and times of the legendary Gond rebel.
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Speaking Sandals: Madiga Tales
These have fascinating vignettes of Dalit folk-lore and oral history.
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The Hunger That Moved a Goddess
In these captivating stories, Endapalli Bharathi brings to life the heart of a small Telugu-speaking community, shining a spotlight on the women who sustain it.
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