डॉ. बाबा साहेब आंबेडकर के महापरिनिर्वाण के बाद बहुजन समाज में एक अँधेरा छा गया। सर्व मिशन छिन्न-विछिन्न हो गया। ऐसी भयानक एवं खौफनाक सामाजिक परिस्थिति में पंजाब प्रान्त के रोपड़ जिले में एक नौजवान डॉ. बाबा साहेब आंबेडकर का एक सिपाही कांशी राम पूना शहर की सड़कों पर उतरा। निकला तो वह अकेला ही था लेकिन चलते-चलते उसे अनेक साथी मिलते गए। लेखक भी पूना की सड़कों का रोड-मास्टर है जो कांशी राम का एक साथी है। कारवाँ बढ़ता गया। कांशी राम को चैनContinue reading
Category: Books
Coming soon! NAVAYĀNA BUDDHISM: Context, Debates and Theories
This book is an eclectic scholarly inquiry into Indian Buddhism post Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar embracing the Buddha Dhamma Sangha in 1956. It engages with ontological propositions and debates concerning a methodology conceptualised by Babasaheb through a category he called ‘Navayana.’ In retrospect, through this category, Babasaheb attempted to partly revive and reclaim the original teachings of Sakyamuni, revise and reinterpret the history of Buddhism, and theoretically reposition the Buddha Dhamma in the Indian context. Based on the initial formulations and framework laid by Babasaheb, theContinue reading
New Book! EWS The Quota To End All Quotas
Our latest book, ‘EWS The Quota To End All Quotas’ by the Ambedkar Age Collective, has been released and is available to order here. Reservations for the excluded majority in India began with SC/STs and followed by OBCs. They enabled increasing numbers of Bahujans to enter public institutions, despite strident abusive opposition. Now EWS, the counter-revolution is here. Will it end all other quotas? This book is a powerful collection of views and analyses of Bahujan political leaders, lawyers, researchers, writers, activists like: Dr. SureshContinue reading
The Shared Mirror books now available on the Sanghamitra Store!
Excited to announce that all books from The Shared Mirror Publication House are now also available from the Sanghamitra store website: https://www.sanghamitra.store/ In addition to our books, the Sanghamitra store also features high quality products and brilliant artworks from the maker and artist partners of the Sanghamitra Business Incubator. Follow Sanghamitra on social media here: fb: facebook.com/sanghamitra.store insta: instagram.com/sanghamitrastore twitter: twitter.com/sanghamitrainc
New Book! Guja-ratri: Reflections on Moditva
Our latest book, ‘Guja-ratri: Reflections on Moditva’ by the Ambedkar Age Collective, has been released and is available to order here. If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will, no doubt, be the greatest calamity for this country. No matter what the Hindus say, Hinduism is a menace to liberty, equality and fraternity. On that account it is incompatible with democracy. Hindu Raj must be prevented at any cost. ~ Babasaheb Ambedkar, Pakistan, or, The Partition of India Has India finally arrived at thatContinue reading
New book! In Quest of Equality: Indian Constitution Since Independence.
Our latest book, ‘In Quest of Equality: Indian Constitution Since Independence’ by Bojja Tharakam, has been released and is now available to order on Amazon here. ~ For “We the people of India” who gave unto themselves a Constitution glowing with promises of justice—social, economic and political, the situation appears to be not moving an inch forward towards the tantalizing objective of ‘Equality’. In fact, it is drifting away from it inch by inch from year to year. Six, seven decades of delay for suchContinue reading
New book! Bhima Koregaon: Our War Cry!
Our latest book, ‘Bhima Koregaon: Our War Cry!’, has been released and is now available to order on Amazon here. ~ The Bhima Koregaon monument has emerged as a symbol of the marginalized. For the student of history, Bhima Koregaon is a site that lets one be awed by the determination to memorialize in the face of subtle to brute resistance from the ruling classes. In this book, through events around Bhima Koregaon monument we get a glimpse of the dynamic interaction of tangible physicality andContinue reading
New book! The River Speaks, poems by Bojja Tharakam.
We are glad to announce our new book, ‘The River Speaks’, a collection of poems written by lawyer, human rights activist, writer, intellectual Bojja Tharakam (1939-2016) in 1976, when he was jailed during the Emergency. It is a brilliant commentary on the Indian state, society, and the ruling classes. The poems have been translated from the original Telugu by Naren Bedide (Kuffir). It is available to order from amazon.in. ~ Emergency was clamped on 26th June 1975. Many thousands were thrown into jail. Fear grippedContinue reading
Video: Journeys of books published by The Shared Mirror
Snapshots from the journeys of books published by The Shared Mirror, celebrating the 128th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar and 10 years of Round Table India. Many thanks to all the writers, editors, readers and supporters!
New ebook! The Problematics of Tribal Integration: Voices from India’s Alternative Centers
We are happy to announce our new ebook ‘The Problematics of Tribal Integration: Voices from India’s Alternative Centers‘ published by the collaboration between The Shared Mirror Publishing House and the Tribal Intellectual Collective India. We thank all the authors, copy-editors, proofreaders, friends and families who have contributed to the making of this book and have generously made this book available as a free download. About the book The book is thematised into four sections. Under the first section – Problematizing The Discourse and Context areContinue reading