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On All Fool's Day in 2000, we started a publishing house. We named it Permanent Black. We turn 25 today. permanentblack.com/post/we-turn-2…

Founded on All Fools Day in the year 2000, the wonderful independent publishing house, Permanent Black, turns twenty-five today. I wrote this on their twentieth anniversary: Permanent Black scroll.in/article/959293…

Many thanks, Ramachandra Guha for your support and the books you trusted us to publish over the years. The survival of independent presses owes a great deal to writers like you.

We mourn the passing of dear Bill Aitken, friend, author, doglover, who, with his dry wit and mischievous twinkle made light of his deep scholarship. Truly footloose in the Himalaya now, with the best view, and his dogs and a dram of whisky.

"In her book, Finding Forgotten Cities, historian Nayanjot Lahiri writes that Banerjee" lacked diplomacy and tact and displayed a high-handedness that ruffled feathers". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Tisha Srivastav remembers Bill Aitken in an obituary that he would have loved to read, it captures him with such accuracy and affection. greenogreindia.org/bill-aitken-th…

Good to see that familiar title page!

My review in IJPA. The book offers multiple theses on India's electoral, party and coalition system. I have tried to revisit these arguments in the context of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Link- doi.org/10.1177/001955… Sage Journals Lokniti-CSDS CSDS, Delhi Permanent Black

Out now, with this outstanding cover image by Siddhesh Gautam . More details of the book here: permanentblack.com/product-page/d…

Out now! Mrinalini Venkateswaran's story of how collecting “tangible history” – relics, documents, and paintings – for museums was a crucible in which citizenship, national identity, and belonging were forged in the aftermath of Partition. Details here: permanentblack.com/product-page/c…

Can a dead Estonian writer come to the defence of Ali Khan Mahmudabad? Read Nayanjot Lahiri here on why Jaan Kross's powerful novel about the crushing of dissent is relevant to India today. To buy Czar's Madman, go to permanentblack.com tinyurl.com/yn3bhswc

The story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Anand Vaidya follows the work of activists and forest dwellers who turned to the law to shift the balance of power. Out now. Details on our website: permanentblack.com/product-page/f…

Deeply saddened by the news of Valmik Thapar's death. We imagine him leaving us flanked by troops of his beloved tigers, in the tawny, dappled light of the forests he photographed and fought for so magnificently. His book Saving Wild Tigers was among our early titles.

Thank you… You have put me on a memory lane!

“The NIF Fellowship gave me the freedom to pursue my research independently.” Watch his moving testimonial of G. Kanato Chophy. Learn more about the NIF Fellowships: newindiafoundation.org Follow the link for complete video: youtu.be/QNGJWhaSVPw?fe…

Just published! This major work by Rosalind O'Hanlon is indispensable for an understanding of the making of Brahman power, its internal contradictions, its repercussions in the colonial era, and its continuing legacy. permanentblack.com/product-page/l…

Back in print, Mukul Kesavan's Homeless on Google Earth. permanentblack.com/product-page/h…

A film scholar and cultural historian, S.V. Srinivas, shares how the NIF supported his research into the social history of Telugu cinema. To watch his complete video, click the link below: youtu.be/8kwEGSt6C5g?si…

"A collection of remarkable essays marks an important contribution to the conversation that Dr B.R. Ambedkar himself opened up" Rosalind O'Hanlon reviews Dalit Journeys for Dignity thewire.in/books/dalit-jo…

The Dalit Search for Dignity | Polly O'Hanlon reviews ‘Dalit Journeys For Dignity: Religion, Freedom and Caste’, edited by Ramnarayan S. Rawat, K. Satyanarayana, and P. Sanal Mohan, a new book by Permanent Black and Ashoka U thewire.in/books/dalit-jo…