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International Young Publisher of the Year award in 2007. In

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, the word " navayana" means "new vehicle". B. R. Ambedkar used the word in 1956 to describe the branch of

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that wouldn't be mired in the

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divide, but would help

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s gain equality in India. S. Anand is an

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and a

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. S. Anand co-authored, with Srividya Natarajan, and illustrators Durgabai Vyam and Suresh Vyam, the hugely popular graphic novel '' Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability'' on the life of B. R. Ambedkar, Indian polymath, social reformer and the architect of the Indian Constitution. He has also annotated Ambedkar's classic Annihilation of Caste; the annotated edition has an introductory essay by Arundhati Roy titled "The Doctor and the Saint". Before starting Navayana, Anand was a journalist with

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. He is married to R. Sivapriya who works with

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Excerpt from Roy's essay, "The Doctor and the Saint"“We didn’t think of ourselves as a publishing company which will churn out books for the market”
- in conversation with S. Anand on GraphicShelf Indian publishers (people) Indian male writers Indian Buddhists Indian male journalists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{India-writer-stub