
Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability
by Srividya Natarajan, S. Anand, Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam (2011) Marching towards its tenth anniversary since it was first published, this graphic-format book introduces Dr B R Ambedkar and his experience with and struggle against untouchability. With powerful art by Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam, Pardhan Gond artists, it is based on Ambedkar’s autobiographical notes, Waiting for a Visa. With a foreword by John Berger, the book has been translated into various languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, French, Korean and Spanish.
Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition
by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar (2014) Dr Ambedkar self-published this book on 15 May 1936. Fortified by a powerful introduction titled The Doctor and the Saint by Arundhati Roy, this critical annotated edition is a must-read for anyone keen to understand the workings of caste inequality in India.
Republic of Caste: Thinking Equality in the Time of Neoliberal Hindutva
by Anand Teltumbde (2018) Anand Teltumbde, chronicler of civil rights issues, currently arrested under the lawless UAPA [Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act], offers a new map of post-Independence India through this book. Teltumbde’s damning analysis shows that progressive politics is the way out of the present impasse.
Ganja–Mahua Chronicles
by Venkat Raman Singh Shyam and S. Anand (2019) How does one bridge the distance between word and image? Written as an autobiography in a wonderfully devised jugalbandi between the artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam and his soulmate Anand, it charts an unexplored textual territory of narration in a dual voice. The delightful illustrations combine diverse linguistic modes, and allow the factual and magical passages of the journeys to sparkle with an unusual incandescence.