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A Shudra Life
A SHUDRA LIFE - Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd (Autobiography) How does a shepherd boy become an intellectual? Kancha Ilaiah, a leading anticaste feminist thinker, activist and writer, chronicles his life: the difference between his shepherd life and the enclosed classroom, his love for the English language, and love in general, he writes about the Brahminical political left that chose to ignore him, and how the success of his book, Why I am Not a Hindu, changed the way people treated him, his professorship, and finally how he eats, lives and how he wants to die.
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$18
Unapologetic: A Memoir
Unapologetic is the memoir of Haroon Siddiqui, one of Canada’s most distinguished journalists and longtime voice at the Toronto Star.
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$17
P. M. Bhargava: The Man and the Making of Modern Biology
This book is about significant aspects of the life of Dr. P. M.
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$17
The Boy Who Wanted to Know More
In semi-urban Srikakulam before India’s independence, a curious boy explores life with his wise grandfather, spirited grandmother, and playful friends.
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$13
The Shudra Rebellion
The Shudra Rebellion presents a bold new history of Indian civilisation and culture, revealing the long-overlooked and vital role of shudra nationalism in shaping India’s past and future.
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$22
Mallu Swarajyam - The Fire of Defiance
"We must not forget that a husband is a dora to his wife.
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$18
Shehernama - The Romance of Hyderabad's Bastis
A heartfelt letter to Hyderabad.
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$18
Why you should read 'Speaking Sandals' by Yendluri Sudhakar
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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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$18
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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$15
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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$22
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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$15
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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$26
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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$50
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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$15
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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$24
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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$18.16
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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$20.96
Forests, Blood and Survival
Bhoopal Reddy animates the life and times of the legendary Gond rebel.
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$10
Speaking Sandals: Madiga Tales
These have fascinating vignettes of Dalit folk-lore and oral history.
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$9.40