Aleph Book Company is an independent Indian publishing firm founded in May 2011 by David Davidar in partnership with R. K. Mehra and Kapish Mehra of Rupa Publications India. Aleph publishes books of enduring literary quality from (and about) India and other South Asian countries. Its authors have won or been shortlisted for a slew of national, regional and international awards. It publishes approximately forty titles annually in the following categories – fiction, history, biography, autobiography, current events, reportage, travel, popular science, art, music, nature studies, the environment, business, translations, philosophy, sociology, psychology and popular culture – as well as works of narrative non-fiction that are not easily categorized. Every book the company publishes reflects its emphasis on excellence in editorial quality, design, printing and packaging.