Achin Vanaik

Achin Vanaik
Achin Vanaik is a writer and social activist, a former professor of political science at the University of Delhi, and a Delhi-based Fellow of the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam. He is the author of numerous books, including The Furies of Indian Communalism (1997) and The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India (1990).
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Vijay Kumar Thakur
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Noam Chomsky
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Vivek Chibber
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Zakir Husain College
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Suvira Jaiswal
Suvira Jaiswal is former Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She did her MA in History from Allahabad University and PhD from Patna University under the supervision of

Chaitanya Sambrani
Chaitanya Sambrani studied art history at the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University of Baroda and the Australian National University, Canberra. He is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Art History a
Ruth Rosengarten
Ruth Rosengarten is an artist and writer. She lives and works in England. She received her PhD in art history at the Courtauld Institute in London, and has lectured in South Africa, Portugal and Engl
Romi Khosla
Romi Khosla is an architect whose desgin studio is in Delhi. He graduated in economics from Cambridge University, worked with Price Waterhouse in London and then graduated at the Architectural Asso

Jeemol Unni
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Kumkum Sangari
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Vivekanand Jha
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Nyla Ali Khan
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Shereen Ratnagar
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Gautam Bhatia
A Delhi-based practising architect, Gautam Bhatia graduated in fine arts and did his post-graduation in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the recipient of several national and inte
Rajeev Dhavan
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Amalendu Guha
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Sumanta Banerjee
Born and educated in Culcutta, Sumanta Banerjee specializes in research on popular culture and the social history of nineteenth-century Bengal. His published works include The Parlour and the Stre

Peter Custers
Peter Custers is a campaigner and writer with many publications to his credit. He is engaged in theoretical research alongside a commitment to social struggles and campaigns in Bangladesh and Western
Himani Bannerji
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Ashok Mitra
Ashok Mitra had a fabulous academic career, including a brilliant PhD under Jan Tinbergen, and held important offices in the economic administration of India; he was Chairman of the Agricultural Pr

David Ellerman
David Ellerman is currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Riverside.
Nicos Trimikiniotis
Nicos Trimikliniotis is a Cypriot sociologist and lawyer associated with the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and co-leads a programme on Reconciliation on the island of Cyprus.
Maya Gupta
Maya Gupta is the author of Lord William Bentinck in Madras and the Vellore Mutiny 1803–07 (1987), and has contributed numerous essays to journals and collection of articles.