: October in nonfiction: Seven recent books that offer unique perspectives on India and its people #IndiaNEWS Hello Bastar: The Untold Story Of India’s Maoist Movement, Rahul Pandita Hello Bastar provides

October in nonfiction: Seven recent books that offer unique perspectives on India and its people #IndiaNEWS
Hello Bastar: The Untold Story Of India’s Maoist Movement, Rahul Pandita Hello Bastar provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms as India’s biggest internal security threat. The book traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised. The book also offers rare insight into the lives of Maoist guerillas and also of the Adivasi tribal groups living in the Red zone. Based on extensive on-ground reportage and exhaustive interviews with Maoist leaders including their supreme commander Ganapathi, Kobad Ghandy and others who are jailed or have been killed in police encounters, Hello Bastar is a combination of firsthand storytelling and intrepid analysis. 28 Jobs, 28 Weeks, 28 States, Jubanashwa Mishra At age 28, when most people are expected to settle down or risk disaster, Jubanashwa Mishra decided on an extraordinary adventure. Over the next 28 weeks, he travelled to 28 states of India – by train, bus, shared taxi, airplane, bike, boat, and on...Read more

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