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'''S. Anand''' is an Indian author, publisher and journalist. He, along with [[Ravikumar (writer)|D. Ravikumar]], founded the publishing house [[Navayana (publishing house)|Navayana]] in 2003, which is "India’s first and only publishing house to focus on the issue of caste from an anticaste perspective."<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://navayana.org/about/|website=Navayana}}</ref> Navayana won the [[British Council]]-[[London Book Fair]] [[International Young Publisher of the Year|International Young Publisher of the Year award]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pal|first1=Deepanjana|title=I'm an anti-caste junkie: Meet S Anand, the man behind Navayana publishing house|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/im-an-anti-caste-junkie-meet-s-anand-the-man-behind-navayana-publishing-house-737357.html|work=Firstpost|date=Apr 29, 2013}}</ref> In [[Pali language|Pali]], the word "[[navayana]]" means "new vehicle". [[B. R. Ambedkar]] used the word in 1956 to describe the branch of [[Buddhism]] that wouldn't be mired in the [[Hinayana]]-[[Mahayana]] divide, but would help [[dalit]]s gain equality in India.<ref>http://www.firstpost.com/living/im-an-anti-caste-junkie-meet-s-anand-the-man-behind-navayana-publishing-house-737357.html</ref><br />
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S. Anand is an [[Ambedkarite]] and a [[Buddhist]].<ref>http://www.firstpost.com/living/im-an-anti-caste-junkie-meet-s-anand-the-man-behind-navayana-publishing-house-737357.html</ref><ref>https://www.outlookindia.com/author/s-anand/4767</ref> S. Anand co-authored, with [[Srividya Natarajan]], and illustrators Durgabai Vyam and Suresh Vyam, the hugely popular graphic novel ''[[Bhimayana|Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability]]'' on the life of [[B. R. Ambedkar]], Indian polymath, social reformer and the architect of the Indian Constitution.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Desai|first1=Prajna|title=Review: Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability|url=http://www.tcj.com/reviews/bhimayana-experiences-of-untouchability/|work=The Comics Journal|date=Apr 18, 2012}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Naqvi|first1=Saba|title=We Need Ambedkar -- Now|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/we-need-ambedkarnow-urgently/289691|work=Outlook|date=Mar 10, 2014}}</ref><br />
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Before starting Navayana, Anand was a journalist with [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] and [[Tehelka]]. He is married to R. Sivapriya who works with [[Penguin India]].<br />
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*[http://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/the-doctor-and-the-saint/article5740369.ece Excerpt from Roy's essay, "The Doctor and the Saint"]<br />
*[http://graphicshelf.com/interview-s-anand/ “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<br />
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