I got the impression from the article (I know squat about India, except from restaurant menus) that the tribes were of a different ethnicity/religion. So 'indigenous' in a relative sense, though I realize that's nonsensical.
More to the point, there seems to be something of an anarchist thing (in the sense of mutual aid) going on, as a parallel government and economy are fostered in the Naxalite-controlled areas. On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Anthony D'Costa <[email protected]>wrote: > I haven't read the Roy article but she is right (though I wouldn't use the > word indigenous, who is not in India?) What she probably means is tribal > communities. Certainly the movement is against the Indian state but I am > unclear why against the Hindu majority because that would make the enemy > rather hard to identify in India. May be it is the landlords (the original > Naxalite began with that) and upper castes in elite India, which is also > part of the Indian state. I guess should read the Roy article. But like the > Sendero Luminoso in Peru there are mixed stories of terror by the state and > by the Maoists and often poor villagers are caught between them. It is also > not clear what ideology is driving this uprising unlike the previous Naxal > movement (which in its radical version was "annihilation of the class > enemy"). But the middle class base of this movement after the initial > peasant/tribal uprising in the cities such as Kolkata in an environment of > state repression dissolved the movement. Though there is certainly some > continuity in today's Maoist movement in India, I think the class > composition of the movement is very different with a very different agenda > and definitely in a rapidly changing India in an uneven way. > > Anthony > > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Max Sawicky <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> >> > > > -- > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Anthony P. 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