This thought crossed my mind when working on a article which I titled,
Typecasting Matanhy: Gandhian socialist or modern Tristao de Braganca
Cunha?, written after I wrote, Matanhy: The Man, His Mantra, His
Madness, which was posted on this forum. The article was sent to a
newspaper and I am not sure if it has appeared, obviously not.
However, I came to the conclusion that Matanhy didn't have that sort
of streak in him. True, Che fought with arms and Matanhy, like many
other Indian socialists, fought through peaceful means. As Matanhy
himself said, he fought within the law of the land.
If one knows the history of Naxalims in India and followed the life
and writing of its founder Charu Mazumdar, then it would be somewhat
close to say that Chaur was inspired by Mao. Now India has seen
Maoism, another type of armed fight.
Che was a Marxist revolutionary. Those who have read The Morotcycle
Diaries, his biography by John Anderson and read many articles on him
as well as watched the movie, Che, which is a biopic based on
Anderson's book, will see what made Che what he was.
The comparison is mimical.
Eugene
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