An Ocean in a Well

A stranger in a village is befriended by an itinerant salesman who shares his meal with him—only to be repaid in an unexpected manner.

Moonlight Saga

In the lush yet brutal landscape of colonial Assam unfolds a haunting chapter of history—the rise of the tea plantations and the human cost that sustained them.

Stories the Fire Could Not Burn

A searing personal and journalistic account of the ethnic conflict and violence that has engulfed Manipur since 2023.

Dalits and the Indian Constitution

‘It is perfectly possible to pervert the Constitution, without changing its form, by merely changing the form of the administration.’—B.R.

Harvesting Gods

‘We brew the elixir of the past for concocting the future.’ In Harvesting Gods, Satya Mohanty turns to poetry as witness, elegy, and quiet rebellion.

My Shackled Life शिकंजे का दर्द

A Dalit woman’s journey from a caste-bound village in Madhya Pradesh to empowerment through education and self-respect struggles.

Soul Climate

‘Baranay writes evocatively… raising serious questions within vivid description.

In the Beginning There Was Bombay Duck

‘Just what we needed. The first comprehensive history of dining in Mumbai/Bombay, India’s food capital.

The Other Side of the Mountain

‘A deeply moving journey into self-discovery, spirituality, and purpose.

Ghosted

Caste and the Crisis of Dignity: Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Speaks

‘I cannot think of a better time to resurrect Periyar’s words and world. Truly essential reading for all Indians committed to a better tomorrow.

Hope for Everyone

‘The largest, the longest and the most powerful nationwide farmers’ struggle in the history of India and also in the world, with the exception of the momentous Chinese Revolution.

The Way Home

Shanta Gokhale, award-winning writer, critic and translator, brings her sharp understanding of the human condition to this collection of her finest short fiction.

The Whistleblower’s Wife

‘In true thriller mode, this novel unravels a conspiracy in high places, resisted by a lone, doomed voice.

The Struggle

Set in a remote village in the Dinajpur region of undivided Bengal during the mid-1940s, The Struggle tells the intertwined story of Phulmoti—a young widow fighting to hold on to her land, her dignity and her child—and Qutubali, a simple-minded outsider whose unexpected kindness and fierce loyalty make him her unlikely ally amid the upheavals of a precarious feudal order and the stirrings of a nation on the verge of independence.

Unsilenced

On a crisp morning in February 2010, journalist-activist Seema Azad boarded a train from Delhi to Allahabad with a bag of books purchased from the World Book Fair.

River Traveller

River Traveller tells the story of a great river, as powerful as it is mysterious.

The Prophet-Martyr

In this landmark biography, Harbans Singh presents the extraordinary life and supreme sacrifice of Guru Tegh Bahadur, Ninth Guru of the Sikhs.

That’s a Fire Ant Right There!

‘Here is a writer with the courage to look into the well of truth and to proclaim fearlessly what he finds there: inherited ideas, prejudices and superstitions and eye-wateringly realistic characters [that] stride across the page.

The Dream Narrative

Dreams. Illusions. Reincarnation. Karma. Dreams are a serious matter in Indian myth and religions, especially Hinduism.