:: NAVAYANA :: - Publishing for Social Change -

Navayana is India’s first publishing house to exclusively focus on the issue of caste. Navayana literally means ‘new vehicle’, a term given to Dr. B.R.Ambedkar’s socially and morally concerned, rationalistic, anti-metaphysical interpretation of Buddhism. As a publishing venture, Navayana will be a ‘new vehicle’ to take forward debates on issues neglected by mainstream publishers. We will publish books on a range of issues related to society, culture, literature, history and politics. The focus will be on caste, religious fundamentalism and identity politics. In the tradition of Siddharth Gautama, perhaps the first to introduce the culture of dialogue and debate with people who held diverse views in the subcontinent, these books will encourage dialogue and debate on issues the mainstream does not wish to address.