Other India Bookstore is registered as a Trust under the Indian
Societies Act, 1860. The Trust was set up in 1986 by a group
of young scholars from India who revolted against the continued
domination and control of the country’s academic life
and intellectual culture by the West.
Other India Press, the publishing arm of the Bookstore,
was set up in 1990 and is today one of the country’s
most prominent publishers of alternative literature.
The present management of the Trust includes Srilatha Swaminathan
(Chairperson), Norma Alvares (Secretary), Nyla Coelho (Treasurer),
Claude Alvares, Vishram Gupte Hartman De Souza, Neelima Kamat
and Reggie Gomes (Executive Members).
The Trust’s areas of concern and activity include:
- Distribution and sale of books exclusively from
Asia, Africa and South America
- Marketing of literature generated
by social activists
- Documentation and dissemination
of alternative literature on health, agriculture and education
- Challenging conventional schooling institutions
and networking alternatives to factory schoolings.
For those who would like to know more about the bookstore, please read the following:
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