Rahul Pandita’s Hello Bastar: A Study of Maoist Movement in India
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The Red or the Maoist insurgency movement that has spread over more than ten states of our country has its roots in the Naxalbari revolt that began in 1967 in West Bengal. It was a peasant’s revolt consisting of Santhal, Oraon, Munda and Rajbansi tribal’s against the exploitation of big landlords, who as Rahul quoting a national sample survey writes, “That 40 percent of the land was owned by only five percent of rural households. Life was a constant challenge for India’s landless poor.’’(Rahul 18) Acknowledging the acute food crisis across the country, the then Home Minister Y B Chavan speaking at a meeting of Chief Ministers in Delhi in 1969 had warned that, “The Green revolution may cease to remain green if it were not accompanied by measures for social justice.’’(Rahul 19)
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