Yoda Press is a publishing house in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, with its headquarters located at

Shahpur Jat Shahpur Jat is an urban village in South Delhi, located near Hauz Khas and within one of the ancient capital cities of Delhi, Siri Fort. History When the Siri Fort was abandoned, Jats & Jatavs moved to the Shahpur Jat area, being attracted ...

Siri Fort Siri Fort, in the city of New Delhi, was built during the rule of Alauddin Khalji, second ruler of Khalji Dynasty, of Delhi Sultanate to defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols. It was the second of the seven cities of medieval Delhi ...

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

History

Yoda Press was awarded the Publisher of the Year Prize in 2016 at the Publishing Next Conference, held annually in Goa, India. Yoda Press was founded by Arpita Das in 2004 as a house that would build lists which reflected the non-mainstream, alternative and yet equally vital contemporary reality of the Indian subcontinent. Five Yoda Press titles were cited by the Supreme Court of India during its judgement in 2018 that decriminalised homosexuality in the country. In 2015 the Press signed up for a joint academic imprint with Sage Publishing India, and more recently, Yoda Press has established another joint imprint with Simon & Schuster India for trade books with the Press's characteristic political edge. The first title on this joint imprint, ''Azadi: A Graphic Biography of Bhagat Singh'' (in reference to

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was a charismatic Indian revolutionary* * who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer * * in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian national ...

, the famous revolutionary martyr of India) will be published in April 2020.

Notable publications

Notable publications of Yoda Press:

References

{{reflist Book publishing companies of India Indian companies established in 2004 Publishing companies established in 2004 Companies based in New Delhi