About Us

South Vision Books  is a publishing house that seeks to reflect the views of the left in Tamil Nadu and India. We publish critical and analytical works on a range of subjects, and pay special attention to works on Marxist theory. We project the interests of the working people and movements for social transformation.

South Vision Books  is part of a shared history of radical political practice. A group of young graduates came together to start a publishing venture in Madras during the early 1970s with a commitment to standby and address the activists and organizers of democratic movements in the state  of Tamil Nadu. Over the years, this initiative assumed different names – Paattalikal Veliyeetu (Workers’ Publications), Chennai Book House, South Asian Books, South Vision and now as South Vision Books – but retained its unflinching commitment to act in support of the struggles of the oppressed. Publishing activities in the early 1990s, especially in the case of regional languages stood at cross roads facing expansion as well as rise in the prices, which made books costlier. One way to offset its impact was to innovate to make progressive literature accessible to all sections of the people, which we did, through Peoples’ Publishing Price mechanism. ( Price of a book will only be based on the original costs of production and distribution, without all the pre-production costs of editing, translating, layout and design etc.)