Seeking Begumpura The Social Vision of Anticaste Intellectuals
By Gail Omvedt
Demy Octavo. Hardback. 304 pages.
Rs 400 ISBN: 81-89059-11-4
In this book, Omvedt makes a case for taking up the India envisioned by its dalit-bahujan intellectuals and leaders—the Begumpura of Ravidas, the Bali Rajya of Phule, the Dravidastan of Periyar, the Buddhist commonwealth of the Sakya Buddhists and Ambedkar's Prabuddha Bharat. She contrasts these subaltern utopias with Gandhi's village utopia of Ram Rajya, Nehru's hindutva-laced socialism and Savarkar's territorialist Hindu Rashtra. Omvedt emphasizes the continued relevance of the vision of the anticaste intellectuals in the era of globalization.
Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land Dignity of Labour in Our Times
Text Kancha Ilaiah
Illustrations Durgabai Vyam
108 pages. 9 x 9 inches. Paperback.
Rs 150 ISBN: 81-89059-09-6
Namdeo Dhasal Poet of the Underworld
Poems 1972–2006
Selected, introduced and translated from the Marathi by Dilip Chitre. With photographs by Henning Stegmüller.
Navayana at LBF 2008 Navayana's stall at the London Book Fair 2008 (April 14-16), was themed on the Ambedkar-Gandhi debate and showcased Namdeo Dhasal poetry using Durgabai's drawings. To view pictures of the stall click here.
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