By the book: reflections on an Indian childhood reading Soviet hardbacks

At least a few generations of Indians from the 1960s onwards grew up reading Russian literature, not least because these books were sold cheaper than most others in the market. A whole generation of 80s children, those that knew a little of socialism in their childhoods and went on awkwardly to embrace the excesses of capitalism, has taken to the internet to talk about these books. Others, like Novosti Press Agency Publishing House for pamphlets and booklets, and Aurora Publishers in Leningrad for art books, made up the bulk of the Soviet publishing scene.

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