Publications

Tagore on Nation and Nationalism

With an Introduction by Sukanta Chaudhuri

This book contains three essays by Rabindranath Tagore, which trace the evolution of his prescient thoughts on nation and nationalism, namely ‘What is a Nation’ (translated from Bangla), ‘Nationalism in India’, and ‘The Nation’. It also contains his poem, ‘The Sunset of the Century’ and an introduction by Sukanta Chaudhuri.

ISBN 978-81-936896-7-7

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Comrade Somnath Lahiri on Fundamental Rights

Speech delivered on the 29th of April at the Constituent Assembly of India

E-Pamphlet published on the occasion of Red Books Day 2021

KARL MARX: A MODERN RISHI

Earliest extant writing on Marx by an Indian published in India. This article was penned by Lala Har Dayal for the March 1912 issue of The Modern Review (edited by Ramananda Chatterjee).

Old Text Revisited on Marx’s 203rd Birth Anniversary

The Man-Made Famine by Jyoti Bose

With an introduction by Utsa Patnaik

Revisiting an old pamphlet that was first issued by the Cambridge University Majlis in 1943, on the occasion of Red Books Day 2022. This was one of the earliest texts to call attention to the ‘man-made’ nature of the Bengal Famine.

The Empire and the War

With a preface by Vijay Prashad

Revisiting an old pamphlet that in all probability was written by Rajani Palme Dutt and was published by the Communist Party of Great Britain as part of its ‘War Library’ series in June 1940. This was one of the early texts that diagnosed the causality of the Second World War as an ‘inter-imperialist’ conflict.

D.D. Kosambi on Hunger, Imperialism, and World Peace

With an Introduction by Jesse Olsavsky

Collecting for the first time together, D.D. Kosambi’s thoughts on war and peace, India and China, imperialism and hunger, as articulated in the 1950s at New York, Bombay, Peking, and Helsinki. In these texts, Kosambi foregrounded an Asian-centred and Marxist position on the necessity of ending international conflict and ushering in an era of harmony, solidarity, and decolonization.