India Research Press

India Research Press (IRP) is a publisher in India, founded in 2002 by Anuj Bahri. It began as an academic press focusing on critical thinking and constructive action on key issues. In 2004, it branched into a trade imprint called TARA for fiction. Later, in 2014, a commercial list called 4 Hours was added for quick reads. The house is collectively run with the support of authors and editors.

India Research Press was founded in 2002 by Anuj Bahri, who was born into the family of Bahrisons Booksellers, New Delhi. It began as an academic press with the goal to publish books that encouraged critical thinking and constructive action on key political, cultural, social, economic and ecological issues. In 2004, the house branched out into a trade imprint for fiction called TARA. The first manuscript was 'The Chamber of Perfumes' by Inderjit Badhwar, which later won the Le Prix Litteraire in France in 2004. In 2014, a commercial list called 4 Hours was added for quick reads. Today, TARA-India Research Press is a collectively run book publisher with the support of authors and editors.

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