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Critical Quest is a mini publication venture that seeks to make available the best and the relevant of social science writings in India and abroad to individuals - students, teachers and the general reading public. It attemps to retreieve and sustain within current discourses the rational-liberative articulations in history and culture. its objective is not only to inform and enlighten readers but also to impel them towards an emancipatory engagement with the society at large. it hopes to function as a tool both of deconstruction as well as reconstruction of socially relevant knowledge. the attempt is not profit-oriented and invites the co-operation and participation of all committed to socio-political transformation of the Indian societies towards greater social inclusion and more egalitarian social practice.


2004

1. The Dalit Liberation Movement in Colonial Period: B.Patankar & G. Omvedt. Rs.20/-
2. Hindu Social System and Human Rights of Untouchables: S.Thorat. Rs.20/-
3. Dalit-Subaltern Emergence in Religio-cultural Subjectivity: G. Aloysius. Rs.20/-
4. The Social Philosophy of Buddhism and the Problem of Inequality: U. Chakravarti. Rs. 20/-
5. Jothirao Phule and the Ideology of Social Revolution in India: G. Omvedt. Rs.20/-
6. Periyar on Islam: G. Aloysius. Rs.20/-
7. Conversion as Emancipation: B.R. Ambedkar. Rs.20/-
8. Caste and Democracy: K.M. Pannikkar. Rs.20/-
9. Imagined Religious Community?: R. Thapar. Rs.20/-
10. Social Exclusion: Concept, Application and Scrutiny : Amartya Sen. Rs.30/-


2005

1. The Oppressed Hindus : M.C. Rajah
2. Buddha or Marx: B.R. Ambedkar. Rs.20/-
3. Ambedkar’s Conversion: Eleanor Zelliot. Rs.20/-
4. Interpreting Kerala’s Social Development: G. Aloysius. Rs.20/-
5. The NamaShudra Movement in Bengal: S. Bandyopadhyaya. Rs.20/-
6. Marx on Culture: Raymond Williams. Rs.20/-
7. The World of the Mundas I: John Hoffman. Rs.25/-
8. The World of the Mundas II: John Hoffman. Rs.25/-
9. Sri Narayana Guru: S. Omana. Rs.20/-
10. Periyar on Buddhism : G. Aloysius. Rs.20/-


2006

1. In Defence of Vernaculars: William Campbell. Rs. 25/-
2. Child Slaves in Modern India: Lee Tucker. Rs. 30/-
3. Chhatrapati Shahu’s Crusade against Untouchability: B.D. Kane. Rs.20/-
4. Historical Role of Islam: M.N. Roy. Rs. 25/-
5. Postmodernism: Mats Alvesson. Rs. 25/-
6. Mr. Gandhi & the Emancipation of the Untouchables: B.R.Ambedkar. Rs.20/-
7. Buddhism, Human Rights &nSocial Renewal: Nalin Swaris. Rs. 30/-
8. Swami Acchutanand & the Adi Hindu Movement: Nandini Gooptu. Rs.25/-
9. A Prophet Facing Forward: Meera Nanda. Rs.20/-
10. Intelligentsia as a Ruling Class: Ashok Rudra. Rs. 20/-


2007

1. B.R.Ambedkar: Annihilation of Caste, Rs. 40/-$5
2. L.M.Joshi: Brahminism, Buddhisms & Hinduism, Rs. 25/-$3
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Also Available

Nationalism without a Nation: G. Aloysius
Thoughts of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Y.D. Sontakke
No Freedom with Caste: Swami Dharmatheertha
Buddhism in India: Gail Omvedt
Why I am Not a Hindu: Kancha Ilaiah
Debrahminising History: Braj Ranjan Mani

(Price outside India: Rs.20 = 2$; Rs.25 = 3$; Rs. ==4$)