>From the Roy article, it seems to basically be a movement of indigenous peoples with some student support against the Indian state and Hindu majority. is that accurate?
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Anthony D'Costa <[email protected]>wrote: > Here's an early history of the Naxalite movement, which began in Naxalbari > in north Bengal and initially was a land dispute between local tribals and > non-tribals. It spread as a middle class urban student movement as well in > the 1960s and 1970s West Bengal. > > India's Simmering Revolution: The Naxalite Uprising > > by Sumanta Banerjee > > And the "Naxalite Movement: A study of the genesis, growth, and decline of > a communist movement 1967-1972 (1974)" > by Biplab Dasgupta > > The movement has evolved and spread to other parts and it is far more > grassroots today and certainly related to contemporary changes in a > neoliberal India. > > > Anthony > > > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Chuck Grimes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes it's long and worth it. I had no idea who or what the Naxalites were, >> are. Now I do at least to the extent covered by the essay. It reminded me >> some of Che Guevara's notes going into Bolivia, except the people >> encountered in this essay were a lot more advanced with their projects. >> >> I had to google a lot just to get some idea of the geography, where in >> India, and how much territory was involve. That was a shock. >> >> It took some time this afternoon thinking about it. Yes, I do remember a >> story here and there. I very vaguely remember an AJE story about them and >> looked it up. It was Imran Garda, India's Silent War. >> >> It's not very good. He went into an area with a camera crew and started >> with >> the local military so his view was automatically slanted. I re-watched it >> and about 4/5ths of the way into the piece he realizes that he really >> doesn't know what he is doing and more or less gives up and leaves the >> story >> as an enigma. I remember it again and what I thought. Just another lost >> indigenous people dying out under the wave of development. The piece ended >> on a dark note. >> >> That isn't at all what the Arnundhati Roy's piece depicts. She was by >> herself with a notebook and a camera. She had a lot lower profile and >> could >> more easily hang out. Pretty much my ideal journalism. >> >> CG >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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