Ebook: India’s Simmering Revolution: The Naxalite Uprising

The author analyses the rural and urban conditions of poverty and oppression that fuelled the rising. He tells the story of the actual course of the revolt from its initial outburst in Naxalbari, through the founding of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), to the subsequent divisions and defeat. In a majpr new Conclusion for this edition, he analyses the resurrection of Naxalite activity in recent years and what it portends for India's future stability.