'The Best first hand account of Central India Militancy'
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PUBLISHERS : PENGUIN INDIA
AUTHOR : ARUNDHATI ROY
A compilation of essays by the exemplary Arundhati Roy as she went trotting with the Militants, who are often termed as 'Terrorists' by the Mainstream Indians.
The book is the first hand record of Roy's expedition with the Maoists who are termed as 'Guerrillas' by Roy. Roy visits one of the most secluded and militarized zones in India and undergoes Expeditions along with the fighters who have been extremely resilient and tough against the Indian State conquering the densely forested lands spread across Chattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Roy after being invited by the Maoists themselves, visits Dantewada, Chattisgarh which is deemed as the epicenter of the Maoist Activities in India. Her style of criticizing the Indian State and it's economic and social policies in the troubled regions of India may evoke the readers on some instances.
A brilliant account of how the Maoists who have been declared as 'treacherous' by the Indian State and the exclusive mechanism of running everything from pins to guns in a unique form of administration in the forests which are segregated and hidden from the Rest of India.
The book contains tales of extreme violent measures undertaken by both the Maoists and the Indian State in the race for supremacy in the Jungles. Roy brilliantly brings out the greed and aspirations of the Indian State to exterminate it's own people, just to assist the Capitalists build mines to extract resources to pocket huge sums of money into their vaults. The best example of the Capitalism vs Communism Battle in India.
The Book is sure to inflict the readers and influence them to ask questions of the Right Wing and Central Policies laid out by the Indian State.
The book is also the harbinger of the condition of the Women Fighters in the Maoist Army and their contributions in establishing sovereignty of their Forests and Resources from the Indian State. It displays a completely different form of feminism, which is practiced in the main stream India.
The most striking part of the book lies in the fact that she had to undergo days of struggle and persistence to bring out the ground reality and the gravity of the situation, both experienced by the Maoists and the Indian State.
A Must Read Work by Roy! The Perfect gateway to the troubled forests of Central India.
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