Navayana is a pioneering English-language independent publisher of anti-caste writing. Since our founding in 2003, we have curated an eclectic list that draws on all emancipatory traditions without discrimination. Among our most popular publications are the high-quality critical annotated editions of B.R. Ambedkar’s writings. We have also published world renowned theorists, works of poetry and theatre, contemporary and historical fiction, translations, memoirs, biographies and groundbreaking graphic books.
You can find all our books here.
The name Navayana is derived from B.R. Ambedkar’s anti-metaphysical interpretation of Buddhism. The kissing buffaloes on our logo, by artist Chandru, is inspired by an excerpt from Aravind Malagatti’s autobiography in Kannada, Government Brahmana. It is a story about how the ideology of caste does not allow a Dalit-owned she-buffalo in heat to mate with a he-buffalo owned by a landlord.
Read all about Navayana’s past, present and future in this feature which appeared in Scroll.in.
An interview with Anand reflecting on twenty years of running Navayana appeared in The Hindu.
Our team:
S. Anand is the publisher and director of Navayana Publishing Pvt Ltd.
Rajeev Kumar is the office manager and handles all supplies and orders. He was born and raised in Delhi.
Alex George is an editor with Navayana. He has an MA in philosophy from Birkbeck College, London. He graduated from St Xavier’s, Mumbai.