Archives of Contemporary India

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Collections A-Z

Archives of Contemporary India Collections updated as on

January 2025

  1. Aniket/Ramesh Pahari Weekly magazine
  2. Anand, A. S. (former Chief Justice of India) Click here to view catalogue
  3. Bajpai, K.S. (scholar & diplomat)
  4. Basu, Ranoj (former Permanent Secretary, AICC)
  5. Bhatt, Chandi Prasad (environmentalist & Chipko movement leader) Click here to view catalogue
  6. Bidwai, Praful (journalist, political analyst & activist)
  7. Bindra, Prerna Singh (wildlife conservationist, journalist & writer)
  8. Chavda, Divyabhanusinh (wildlife conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  9. Chaturvedi, Nand (poet)
  10. Cheetal : Journal of Wildlife Click here to view catalogue
  11. Choudhury, D. K. Lahiri (wildlife ecologist & elephant expert) Click here to view catalogue
  12. Dang, Hari (mountaineer, environmentalist & natural historian)
  13. Crow, Ben (professor of sociology)
  14. Dasgupta, Chandrashekhar (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  15. Dasgupta, Prosenjit (wildlife naturalist scholar & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  16. Deshpande, M.N. (archaeologist, art historian & conservationist) Click here to view catalogue
  17. Dharker, Anil (journalist & editor)
  18. Devdutt (journalist & writer)
  19. Dua, H.K. (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  20. Dunu Roy (social activist, political ecologist & social scientist) Click here to view catalogue
  21. Gupta, Narayani (academic)
  22. Gandhi, Gopalkrishna (academic & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  23. Gupta, S.P.K. (author & journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  24. Haksar, Nandita (lawyer, human rights activist & writer)
  25. Harriss-White, Barbara (academic & political economist)
  26. Hazards Centre (NGO) Click here to view catalogue
  27. Hiro, Dilip (author & journalist)
  28. Hornbill: Magazine of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
  29. Hoot Archive (Digital)
  30. Jain, Kuntha (author)
  31. Jayal, Nalni D. (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  32. Jain, Lakshmi Chandra (writer & journalist)
  33. Jha, Prem Shankar (journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  34. Jussawalla, Adil (Poet and magazine editor)
  35. Karanth, K. Ullas (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  36. Karnad, Girish (film actor/director & Kannada playwright) Click here to view catalogue
  37. Kumar, Deepak (academic)
  38. Kohli, Suresh (literary critic, filmmaker and film historian) Click here to view catalogue
  39. Laiq, Jawid (journalist)
  40. Lambah, S.K. (scholar & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  41. Machwe, Prabhakar (Hindi/Marathi/English writer & poet) Click here to view catalogue
  42. MacFarquhar, R.L. (China scholar, politician and journalist) Click here to view catalogue
  43. Nainital Samachar/Rajiv Lochan Sah (fortnightly, 1977-2023)
  44. Mainstream (Current Affairs Weekly, 1962-2020)
  45. Manorama Jafa Children's Literature Collection (Children's Literature)
  46. Manikfan, Ali (ecologist)
  47. Mehrotra, S.R. (historian & author)
  48. Menon, Ritu (feminist writer & publisher)
  49. Mehta, Jagat (scholar & diplomat)
  50. Nagarkar, Kiran (English/Marathi writer & novelist) Click here to view catalogue
  51. Nayar, Kuldip (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  52. Padgaonkar, Dileep (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  53. Paranjpye, Sai (film director & screenwriter) Click here to view catalogue
  54. Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli (former President of India) Catalogue 1, 2 & 3 Click here to view catalogue
  55. Raghavan, Nedyam (barrister, freedom fighter & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  56. Rahmani, Asad (wildlife conservationist)
  57. R. Rajamani (former IAS officer and environmentalist)
  58. Rampal, Anita (educationist & author) Click here to view catalogue
  59. Ranjitsinh, M.K. (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 Click here to view catalogue
  60. Rauf Ali (environmentalist) Click here to view catalogue
  61. Sahgal, Captain Lakshmi (freedom fighter & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  62. Sanctuary Asia: Indian nature & wildlife conservation magazine
  63. Samajwadi Party Publications (Bulletins/Pamphlets)
  64. Sastri, Prema (author) Click here to view catalogue
  65. Saxena, K.B. (former civil servant & academic)
  66. Sankhala, Kailash (wildlife conservationist & tiger expert)
  67. Shah Commission Papers (Inquiry materials)
  68. Shahi, S.P. (wildlife conservationist)
  69. Sharma, Balkrishna ‘Naveen’ (freedom fighter, journalist & Hindi poet)
  70. Sharma, Suresh (academic)
  71. Simeon, Dilip (labour historian & social activist) Click here to view catalogue
  72. Singh, Manmohan (former Prime Minister of India) Click here to view catalogue
  73. Sharma, Narendra (Trade Union leader)
  74. Singhal, Devahuti and Damodar P. (historians & authors)
  75. Singhvi, L. M. (jurist & diplomat) Click here to view catalogue
  76. Srivastava, Pramod (historian) Click here to view catalogue
  77. Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (anthropologist & author)
  78. Suman Sahai-Gene Campaign (NGO)
  79. Talwar, Vir Bharat (academic & Jharkhand movement activist)
  80. Tehsin, Raza (wildlife conservationist) Catalogue No. 1 & 2 (Digital Material) Click here to view catalogue
  81. Tiwari, Satyendra Kumar (wildlife photographer) Bandhavgarh slides
  82. Uttara Mahila Patrika magazine
  83. Vanaik, Achin (author & social activist)
  84. Vatsyayan, S.H. 'Agyeya' (writer & poet)
  85. Verghese, B. G. (journalist & writer) Click here to view catalogue
  86. WWF Newsletter

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