The Maoists in India Tribals Under Siege
, by Mukherji, NirmalangshuNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780745332826 | 074533282X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/15/2012
Is there a 21st century Che Guevara in the forest belt of central India? Tribals Under Siege delves deep into one of the most intractable but under-reported struggles in the developing world the decades long battle between the Indian state and Maoist groups who control large parts of rural India.*BR**BR*Nirmalangshu Mukherji explains the devastating impact on India's tribal population of neo-liberalism and armed aggression by the State, as well as the impact of the armed struggle by the Maoists. Unlike most accounts he takes an honest and unflinching look at each of the Maoists' interventions, sometimes criticising their actions and the contradictions and fallacies made by their theoreticians.*BR**BR*Tribals Under Siege goes beyond analysing the Maoists purely in terms of security or military considerations. It focusses on the Maoists own political philosophy and looks critically at weather their strategy can help to deliver social justice and liberation for India's rural poor.