Naxalites are not tribals, some of them may be. They are followers of an ideology, begun in Naxalbari in north Bengal, with close affinity then to Maoism. Naxals may or may not adhere to Maoism or shades thereof. But they definitely fought for the dispossessed then and perhaps they do now. There is always that danger and in India we know it too well: all radical movements work best on the fringes occasionally but tends to dissipate with political cooptation. That is the nature of Indian democracy. That goes for Gandhism as well, if we consider his belief system radical (not everyone agrees on this).
Anthony D'Costa, University of Melbourne India China: Http://tinyurl.com/c5u7r3p Asia: Http://tinyurl.com/6r4g7ld Sent from my iPad On May 31, 2013, at 5:07, [email protected] wrote: > "raghu" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > - The tribals and settled populations of India have co-existed in a tense > > relationship for centuries. So this is not > > really like the US expension into native American territory. However, the > > exploitation of the tribal regions and > > resources seems to have been very substantially intensified in recent > > years, so quite possibly this is a whole new phase in this history. > > Is there any website that reflects the views of the Naxalites? > > The native North Americans were, AFAIK, hunter gatherers and thereby didn't > have the population density > to oppose the incoming immigrants from Europe. Are the Naxalites different in > providing for their needs? > > -- > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
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