Permanent Black
Permanent Black is an independent publishing press headquartered in Ranikhet, India. It was founded in 2000 by novelist Anuradha Roy, and her husband, editor Rukun Advani. It is considered one of India's major academic imprints and has tied up with the Ashoka University to publish a scholarly series titled "Hedgehog and Fox" edited by the historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee.
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Permanent Black is an independent publishing press headquartered in Ranikhet, India. It was founded in 2000 by novelist Anuradha Roy, and her husband, editor Rukun Advani. It is considered one of India's major academic imprints and has tied up with the Ashoka University to publish a scholarly series titled "Hedgehog and Fox" edited by the historian Rudrangshu Mukherjee.
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It has published books by noted scholars, including Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Muzaffar Alam, Romila Thapar, Tanika Sarkar, Sudipta Kaviraj, Sheldon Pollock, Niraja Gopal Jayal, Nivedita Menon, Ramachandra Guha, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Mukul Sharma, Kaushik Basu and Partha Chatterjee. Their books are distributed by the Indian publishing house Orient Blackswan. It has in the past partnered with various foreign university presses, such as University of California Press, Harvard University Press, Princeton University Press, University of Chicago Press, University of Washington Press, and State University of New York Press to co-publish their titles in Europe and the USA.
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• Name — Permanent Black • Status — Active • Founded — 2000 • Founder — Rukun Advani, Anuradha Roy • Country — India • Headquarters — Ranikhet, India • Distribution — Orient Blackswan • Topics — Academic publishing • Website — http: permanent-black.blogspot.com/
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- 1.Armitstead, Claire. Anuradha Roy: 'Inequality in India has never been more catastrophic'. The Guardian. July 16, 2018.
- 2.An author chat. www.telegraphindia.com.
- 3.Ramachandra Guha. From Asia Publishing to Permanent Black: Ramachandra Guha pays a tribute to editors and publishers. 2020-04-18.
- 4.Indiatoday.in. Art of the matter - Leisure News - Issue Date: Jul 2, 2018. 2018-07-02.
- 5.Anuradha Roy. The making of books, and of friendships. Scroll.in. 2015-04-05.
- 6.Hachetteindia.com. Hachette.
- 7.How Much Should a Person Consume?.
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