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The book holds a cross-disciplinary appeal and beyond academia, anyone with a keen interest in poetry and music in Indian tradition could find it worth a read. Vidula Sonagra, EPW A review that very succinctly […]
A.S. Panneerselvan discusses Sukumar Muralidharan’s book, “Freedom, Civility, Commerce” on the Hindu website: Asking for a reaffirmation of core values, Mr. Muralidharan reminds us that though there has never been a golden age of journalism, we […]
There are few, if any, publications on Indian artists that reveal as much about the socio-cultural history of the post-independence era as this unique book does. In exploring the unusual life and oeuvre of the dissenting painter, Anil Karanjai, roads across the earth introduces fresh perspectives not just on modern Indian art or on the artist himself, but on the broad politico-economic substructures which were the foundation of both.
Today, 23 percent of the global population is Muslim, but ignorance and misinformation about Islam persist. In this fascinating and useful book, Perry Anderson interviews the noted scholar of Islam Suleiman Mourad about the Quran and the history of the faith.
Check out these 2 Frontline reviews of Warisha Farasat & Prita Jha’s stinging commentary on India’s justice system. Splintered Justice: Living the Horror of Mass Communal Violence in Bhagalpur and Gujarat.
Splintered Justice: Living the Horror of Mass Communal Violence in Bhagalpur and Gujarat captures the anatomy of a communal riot. A review by Kuldeep Kumar in The Hindu.
New Delhi World Book Fair 2017. 7 January-15 January, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. For Three Essays books, do visit the IPD Alternatives stall at Hall No. 11 – Stall No. 528 —— New releases from […]
Romila Thapar‘s new book of essays, Indian Society and the Secular, arrives at a time when India is facing its greatest challenges since Independence in 1947. With ultra right in power and forces of Hindu nationalism […]
“Dalits and Adivasis in India’s Business Economy: Three Essays and an Atlas” captures the experience of doing business in a caste-conscious social environment KULDEEP KUMAR writes in The Hindu, 5 March 2016: The suicide of Dalit […]
Ram Ramaswamy Some years ago, a friend of mine at JNU proudly told me about a book that he had picked up from the library “sale”, a book that had once belonged to D D Kosambi […]
Hufaiza Pandit reviews Of Gardens and Graves To read Of Gardens and of Graves is to witness the coming to life of Yeats’ famous line: “A terrible beauty is born”. It is to be reminded, if ever […]
On publication of The Indian Ideology, I was asked by Praful Bidwai if he could interview me about it for Outlook. I was then in France, and our exchange was conducted by email. … [Before this] I […]
The juxtaposition and the parallel reading of poems written by Pandit and Muslim poets is a conscious move to se the shared language and poetry as the “affective glue that binds” them together even as […]
Of Gardens and Graves “In our world, official stories are repeated ad nauseam by every form of government or corporate media, and most often these stories have more to do with administrative convenience than with […]
On Eduardo Galeano … Galeano’s death on April 13 is like the death of Gabriel García Márquez last year. The departure of both is a huge loss for the continent. Both knew how to tell […]
In honour of Eduardo Galeano who passed away on April 13, we at Three Essays Collective are offering Open Veins of Latin America at a special price of Rs250 for next two weeks, starting April […]
Daya Varma died just a week ahead of the release of his second book, Medicine, Healthcare and the Raj: the unacknowledged legacy. He will be remembered for his extraordinary life – a life lived so […]
New Delhi World Book Fair 2015 February 14–22 | Pragati Maidan Three Essays Collective is present at IPD Atlternatives Hall No 1R Stall Nos. 49 & 50
At a time when the world is back to debating terror, it’s clear that the ruling regime in India has made certain that things tilt in a certain direction. On December 30, 2014, in what […]
Excerpt from the review in EPW by Sharib Ali What Kafkaland: Prejudice, Law and Counterterrorism in India has to say is indeed odd and tragic. Sethi’s canvas is specific. It is not Kashmir, not the […]
Surabhi Chopra is co-editor of ON THEIR WATCH: Mass Violence and State Apathy in India. Examining the Record. She is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong. She researches […]
Aneesh Pradhan in conversation with Nalini Taneja about his book Hindustani Music in Colonial Bombay and some key issues in contemporary Hindustani art music. What in your view are the key problems in historiography of […]
Prita Jha is co-editor of ON THEIR WATCH: Mass Violence and State Apathy in India. Examining the Record. She is a human right activist working in Gujarat. She replies to four questions we put to […]
The sudden departure of MSS Pandian, historian, scholar and extraordinary teacher, adds a sense of emptiness to these terrible times. A massive heart attack following a gastro-intestinal complication, of which he wasn’t fully aware, took […]
Kafkaland explores the grisly underbelly of counterterrorism, where prejudice and lawlessness are the standard operating codes. From Mumbai to Bangalore, to Delhi to Madhya Pradesh, it examines some of the most prominent terror cases to […]
In her introduction to the annotated critical edition of Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s ‘Annihilation of Caste’ (Navayana, 2014), Arundhati Roy looks at the ways in which caste plays out in modern India, and how the conflict […]
Deepa Ganesh gives a “captivating and perceptive account of the life and music of Gangubai Hangal”. Deepa Ganesh’s biography, A Life in Three Octaves, brings alive the musical journey of Gangubai Hangal and her day-to-day […]
Three Essays books at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2014 (15-23 February) at the IPD Alternatives stall (Hall 14, Stall 13)
1. How How did you get to write these essays? What motivated you? I believe I am also responsible for the world in which we find ourselves. I have tried to respond to this world […]
Penguin, in agreeing to withdraw Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: an alternative history, has signaled its willingness to do business with the ultra right in India. The venerable Oxford University Press has already been doing […]
Gangubai was born to a family of traditional musicians in Dharwad and went on to become one of the greatest vocalists of the Hindustani classical music. ‘A Life in Three Octaves’ is an account of […]
History as a Site of Struggle encapsulates the righteous indignations of a sensitive activist of a historian who is unhappy with the way politics has been drifting into the narrow alleys of obscurantist jingoism and sectarian […]
India and Ideology: Why Western Thinkers Struggle With the Subcontinent By Pankaj Mishra, Council on Foreign Relations According to Perry Anderson’s new book, The Indian Ideology, India’s democracy — routinely celebrated as the world’s largest — […]
India’s founding fathers and neo-liberalisers alike expected economic development to dissolve ‘archaic’ forms of exchange, but the modern Indian economy remains embedded in caste relations. At the base of the caste hierarchy are formerly untouchable […]
Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India addressing at the release of Professor K.N. Pannikar’s book “History as a Site of Struggle”, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on September 11, 2013. Shri Nikhil Kumar, Governor of […]
The Hindu The true historian would strive to explain to the reader how and why things were as they were, avoiding any kind of blind trust in tradition. The Vice-President said Mr. Panikkar stood tall […]
Watch the book release of History as a Site Struggle by KN Panikkar. Speakers include Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India, and Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala. Also present were Romila Thapar, Shashi Tharoor […]
This valuable collection of essays by KN Panikkar chronicles contemporary South Asia as it has unfolded in the last three decades. His being a historian of modern India has lent to his analysis of contemporary […]
This collection of essays contains the first-ever English translation of Arthur Rosenberg’s fascinating analysis of the emergence of fascism in Europe, as well as a short introduction to the essay that explains its significance, and […]
We are pleased to announce the release of Daya Varma’s Reason and Medicine, Art and science of healing from antiquity to modern times. This book is brilliant and wise, full of unexpected insights, and a […]
Three Essays Collective books are available at the 2013 New Delhi Book Fair from February 4 to 10. We are sharing the Independent Publishers’ Distribution Alternatives (IPD) stall with like-minded publishers. IPD Alternatives Stall No […]
C Shambu Prasad reviews A.R. Vasavi’s book Shadow Spaces: Suicides and the Predicament of Rural India in EPW. Why is it that India, which has arguably the largest number of farmers in the world, spends […]
Romila Thapar on her life and times. A wonderful interview done by BBC’s Lyce Doucet. Radio at its best. As the World Service marks its 80th anniversary, we ask six octogenarians how the world has […]
Complete interview on Counterpunch You could say that, very roughly, it advances five main arguments that run counter to conventional wisdom in India today. Firstly, that the idea of a subcontinental unity stretching back six […]
Read the complete article on LondonReview of Books This real achievement has, in what by now could be termed the Indian Ideology, been surcharged with claims to a largely imaginary status: the notion that the […]
The complete interview available here: http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282832 … His latest book, The Indian Ideology, just published by the Three Essays Collective, is a scathing critique of the dominant celebratory discourse of the Idea of India, or the […]